President Washington no TX

[r carl]

I picked up a little used Washington. Everything seems to work except no output on AM or SSB.
When I key the mic red TX light illuminates.
When I push the mod button and key it needle dont move.
President and Washington printed on front panel.
It is a 2nd version I think.
3 button
5 pin mic
PC 385AB on main board.
Looks good to me inside, nothing burnt.
Anything I can check before I send it off?
thx

 

[nomadradio]

Do you have another radio you can use to listen on the channel where Washington is transmitting? If you hear a weak carrier only on AM, but no audio that's different from hearing a weak signal with audio.

And if you can't hear anything at all, that points to a problem upstream from the transmitter's power section. The typical knee-jerk response to this symptom is "your final transistor is bad".

Might be.

Might not.

73

 

[r carl]

I turned on a walkie talkie and heard nothing.