Evan's proposal was very tempting, after all, you then retain the full line voltage of 13.8v available for the output stage. So I soldered two 1N4007 diodes in the positive lead of the 7805. And of course removed the three diodes in the power supply line. However, without result, in an attempt to signal the page of the local newspaper about the dummy load, it went back to the old situation after a minute, The set broke down and immediately restarted completely automatically. The old complaint! I repaired the three diodes in the power supply line and tested the case again by means of a long CW broadcast over the dummy load. The set now behaves very nicely again and the complaint does not return. This fault was very annoying, sometimes it didn't come back for weeks and other times it did three times a day, it was driving me crazy! I searched for months for the solution, who would think about placing three diodes in the power line? Bob WB8BEL so, The HAM community is I think, very special, with my long search for the solution I finally ended up here on this site and then something starts; to come from all corners of the world with ideas and solutions, very special actually. My uBix set is now finally working properly, thanks to the thinkers, I would like to thank everyone again for their input and I hope to meet you in the future when the condx are good, in cw on the qrp bands!