Hey Evan, yes I am using the mic that was included in the kit, and will definitely try a blank 3.5mm plug to see if the mic is the issue. To test the speaker, you're saying to take a 3.5mm male to male and plug one end in the headphone jack and then touch the tip(or is it ring? Not sure how it's wired) to one of the speaker posts and see if i hear audio. If I do, I have a bigger problem somewhere on the board, otherwise if I dont it is either the speaker or the ground to the speaker? Or if I cut one end off of a male to male and hooked it directly up to the speaker, it would tell me definitely that it is the speaker. I will try tonight when I get home. I think I have a good shot at getting on the air tonight thanks to everyone on this thread. I will make sure to have a dummy load on it. The other times it transmitted I had an antenna hooked up to it that showed resonant(on my NanoVNA) on the frequency I had it set to, but I will play it safe with the dummy load. Out of curiosity, how long would transmitting with no antenna(or badly tuned antenna) take to damage the radio? Instantly? A Couple seconds?
