Thanks for the suggestions guys.
There was no jumper on the RV3 VFO socket.
I have installed a 8 pin plug with pins 2 & 8 jumpered.
It is amazing what happens when something is connected properly!
Voltages on C145 are dead nuts on.
I am now using an original power supply that I got last year, original paper caps and it seems to work just fine.
The radio is now somewhat alive!
Plenty of audio from the speaker. RF tune control does what it should.
Using a Motorola service monitor I can input a CW signal and can hear it
on all bands except 40, 40 seems dead at the moment.
I was able to tune it on 20 and had about 80 watts output.
Hooking up a whip antenna in the basement tonight did not produce any signals anywhere.
My TS-590 didn't sound much better either with the R7 vertical.
What I did notice on 80 was many, many birdies across the band with nothing hooked up.
I am done for the night and will not press my luck.
I have done nothing else yet, no tubes pulled / checked, no switch contacts or tube sockets sprayed with Deoxit D5.
I will hook up an outside antenna and see what happens.
Dave KC3AM
