PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-737
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 737
APRIL 2014
46
PS 737
APR 14
47
PS 737
APR 14
Connectors
need a
gentle
touch
E
asy does it when you connect and disconnect the radio frequency cable, NSN 5995-
01-304-2026, on your SINCGARS vehicular radio. Rough handling can break off the
cable’s connector pins.
If a pin gets stuck and breaks off inside the RT’s antenna connector or the power
ampliFer’s J2 connector, you’ll have to take your SINCGARS to higher level
maintenance to extract the pin.
The same caution applies to the CG-3855/VRC radio frequency cable, which
connects the power ampliFer to the vehicular antenna. If you’re rough, the connector
pin could break off and get stuck inside the power ampliFer’s J1 connector.
1.±
Turn the cable connector
counter-clockwise
until
the keyhole on the cable connector lines up with
the key.
2.±
Pull the cable connector
straight
out and off.
1.±
Line up the keyhole on the cable connector with
the key on the RT’s antenna connector or the
power amplifier’s J1 or J2 connector.
2.±
Push the cable connector
straight
in.
3.±
Turn the cable connector
clockwise
until it doesn’t
move any farther.
SINCGARS Vehicular Radio…
…tAke iT
Slow
and
gentle.
remember…
I don’t
think I can
take
another
beating!
I’m
breakable,
y’know!
don’t
rush…
…and
don’t yank
my cable!
easy
does it!
Here’s the
correct way
to
connect
the cables…
and Here’s the correct
way to
disconnect
the
cables…
darn this
&*#$%
cable!
why won’t it
go
in!?
hey,
what’s with
the box?
it’s for jones
over there.
any minute now,
he’s gonna need to
ship his sINCGARS
off to support to
remove a broken
connector pin.
Line up
keyhole
with key
Rough handling…
…breaks connector pins
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5:11 PM
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