"Vinnie S." wrote in message
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Hell, he wasn't even worth his mother and father's time! When they seen
that
mass of toxicity come out of her puss - they wanted to toss it - but Haz
Mat
regs prevented it.

I am hoping to get down to the bench later on. Haven't gotten there yet.
Last night - was wanting to when I came back early from watching the
game -
but after a few brews - figured I better not. Got busy today with a bunch
of
stuff. Just now starting to slow down. I don't know where this dude is
getting all his stuff - but WOW... what a mess.
Miswired, chopped up, you name it. I sure hope he isn't paying any good
money for the stuff!

I have that mic, the Washington and one other radio to do for them. The
rest
are done and gone.

Thanks for the assist.




I am currently working on a friend's TRC-457, that is another restore
project.
This radio was hacked. The channel mods, and clarifier all hacks. The
deadkey
was real low. Channel selector is out. Lamps burnt out. I got the deadkey
fixed
by replacing the final. That worked fine. As I was trying to adjust
modulation
on my scope, I must have shorted the mic inputs, and lost the output. on
AM, I
have no deadkey. On SSB, the relay chatters when I key up. I tested the
fina and
it's still good. This one might be one of those one step up, 2 steps back
radios. It is the the only radio I have seen with all these different
problems.



Vinnie S.

Well - the "wiring" was ok - the switch on the other hand - was not. It was
flaky. I wired in a "regular" switch - not the "PTT" type - before finding
the "replacement" to see what the deal was. The mic worked fine. So - back
to replacing the switch (after dinner!).

As to your TRC 457, I have one of those waiting. That was the "other" radio
I have waiting - after the Washington.
I have the "Radio Shack" "Factory" manual for it - and I can't swear to it -
but maybe a Sams too. If you need any help from that manual - let me know -
be more than happy to help out. I already have the manual sitting on my
bench for the 457's turn. This one is "said" to be receiving ok AM/SSB,
Transmits fine on AM - but none on SSB. So - we shall see. I've not tested
it yet to see.

As for right now - "Dinner". Radios can wait.