there pretty cut and dry radios there JJ ....what your saying sounds strange because they are all very close to one another over the last 3 decades almost. can you take a picture of the part side of the board ? I'd like to see this one. 1 watt swinging half a watt ...HMMM ? and you say it looks fairly new ...well that dont always mean to much ,especially if some bozo decided to play tech on the radio and turned every damned pot in the poor little radio ? ebay can sometimes be like a box chocolates , you never know what your going to get )-: It could be a number things there JJ ? like butcher said ,if it means that much to you ? you might want to have a certified radio tech take a look at it for you , You should be able to find a schem for the radio at cbtricks.com ....the only time I ever had a 25 that gave only 1 watt with very little swing it turned out to be the final was shot , just changed that and the driver it she was back to new ....those radios are tanks and made very well for AM only radios .does the radio receive ? other then all of that JJ .....there's really not that much more that one can go on in this kind of situation. good luck to you.