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Just put up what you want if you are happy with it nobody biased opinion matters.

I'll end up recapping it. Its too nice of a radio to scrap.. As for my friends, his does sound funky on the air.

Yes im fully aware of how old it is and the caps, ect, im just trying to find out what it uses as far as the keying transistor.

Well I hooked up my own 457 today and talked to a few people. They mentioned it sounded tinny as well. Hmmm.

I dont like Bird meters, I run astatic or MFJ. My tech uses an old Drake meter and its as accurate as a Bird.

There used to be one on top of a 60 foot tower near a town north of me. I see it's gone now but the tower is still up. Someone must have bought it...

I got it in a trade and the previous owner stated it won't transmit. Is it a keying transistor and what part do I need to replace? BTW, yes I know about high voltage in these amps. Thank you.

They are ABSOLUTE GARBAGE! The one in had i couldn't put more than a 1/4 watt into it or it would sound awful. Trash can fodder

I recapped mine and it brought it back alive. Those console vs are notorious for bad solder joints and they are double sided board. Kinda a nightmare to work on. I've owned probably 5 or 6 of them and only 2 ever worked right. Another problem is the "speech spander" board goes bad as the chip...

A buddy's trc 457 has very tinny audio on ssb. Hes asking if there's a way to remedy the audio. Hes tried several mics including the stock mic.