TELEPHONEE SET DING-A-LING

 Dear Half-Mast,
 Too many TA-43/PT and TA-312/PT telephone sets
 are sent off for repair 'cause a guy can't get a ring back
 when the G-42()/PT hand ringing generator handle is
 turned.
 It winds up one or the other callers has squeezed the
 S press-to-talk switch on the H-60/PT handset. This'll keep
 the phone from ringing.
 Would you tell operators hands off the switch when
 signalling a ring?


JOINT EFFORT


 In case you haven't heard, it sure pays to take apart
the sections of your whip antenna-such as the
AT-912 and AS-1729 now and again to keep them
from acting like they're welded at the joints.
 But there's more to it than just taking the sections
apart and putting them back together. What you
want to do is put some silicone compound on the
threads before you join the sections. You'll find an
8-oz tube of the stuff on page 4.79 of Fed Cat C6800-
IL (Jul 67). It comes under FSN 6850-063-1858.
 If you're in a wet place, it doesn't hurt any to pull
this kind of maintenance every day. Otherwise, once
a week is a good deal.


SIUCONE
 THE
THREADS