PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-622
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 622
SEPTEMBER 2004
A
trip through the crawlspace underneath a house is a daunting task.
So is crawling through a gauntlet of stuff to perform checks on the AN/ARC-186
UHF radio cables in your Black Hawk’s tail cone crawlspace.
Sometimes the cables get crushed because the crawlspace is tight. So watch where
you place your feet.
HH-60A/UH-60A/L…
PS 622
SEP 04
34
UHF radio not
working? Check
cable in tailcone
Do not step
on UHF cable
Crawl back to tailcone
to check UHF cable
Then you
may be
looking
at an NMC
bird.
yes!
I got
the long straw!
I’ll get started
dropping the
rear troop
seats!
{sigh} that means
I
have to remove
the interior and
crawl back to the
tailcone to do the
uhf radio check.
sergeant
chung, your
unit’s been
training for
about a
week. TELL
the AUDience
how it went.
we can
never
eliminate
preventive maintenance.
even
advanced
technology and
equipment need pm… or
they
won’t work!
this is frank
tate of galaxy
news signing
off… until
next time!
“I suspect the
engineer-inventor
after whom this
base was named
would agree.”
“pm will
never
be automatic. we’ve
got to get
in
there and
do
it.”
if you damage
the cables, your
UHF radio
won’t
transmit or
receive signals.
this is frank tate
for
galaxy news,
back to check
progress at the
advanced technology
facility at
fort banneker.
the old saying that
those who
don’t learn
from history are doomed
to
repeat
it is
true.
there you have
it… preventive
maintenance is
back on line. with
sergeant half-
mast, sergeant
blade, bonnie,
and connie
giving
advice, pm’s
future looks
bright.
622.34-35(C)
8/2/04
11:08 AM
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