L05 it is not missing. Just changed place :)
L05 feeds Q01. In the schematic takes from 13.5V line. That means Q01 has collector voltage all the time.
The ?factory? mod changes L05 to feed from TX13.5V (only in transmision) you can see it in your radio feeding with a YELLOW wire that takes from the regulator Q06 input. A post in which the yellow wire connects with the red TX13.5V. Therefore L05 in somewhere in the air close to Q01 ferrite collector coil.
I guess you have not replaced a new L05 in the position of the schematic without removing the yellow wire, otherwise you had connected together the 13.5V and TX13.5V lines.?
Maybe they changed L05 to TX13.5V to avoid Q01 oscillating in reception. In TX it is piloted by RF signal.
Can you be more specific about the resistors that smoked?
73 Frank EA1FC
