Howdy, y’all! Just picked up the above radio with a few problems. It was totally dead when received and I found two exploded diodes on the PS board along with a 25A line fuse!! After replacing the diodes everything seemed fine until I keyed the mic and ka-boom, diodes fragged again. I replaced them again and found the final transistor had an E-C short so I have ordered a new transistor. I de-soldered the 2SC1307 final and am able to key up without blowing diodes and in AM mode I…

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