Anyone run an AX144/AR144 40ch AM SSB radio? I picked up one pretty cheap and seems to do OK. Great receive and has good NB/ANL. BUT there's some rust internally on the chassis (not the PCB thankfully) and the vol/sql pot has broken off due to rust and the speaker sounds blown. Would it be worth my while to find a replacement front plate (the one behind the plastic-chrome bezel) and speaker? It seems to be working well, all segments on the ch display work, nice clean audio from my road devil mic, nothing I can see has been clipped. I'm going to ask my local tech to thoroughly bench test it, he's got a scope, counter, sig generator etc, if it passes muster, I may just leave it as-is and make it a beater/loaner radio. 73's and thanks for any input.
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