If there is no movement on the meter. have the SWR's check on the antenna system.. Free to have it checked. at a good shop.. You may have whats called a blown final..( final transmitter transistor) from high swr's. although you may hear, doesn't mean the antenna is OK. the other problems are a bad Audio transistor on the back corner, its the Large TO-264package/TO-218/TO-220 Styles. also. there a small diode on the solder side of circuit board near the 10.240 crystal, if its loose will also not let it key up or TX. make sure all your coax cables are tight, and all the switches are in the correct positions... also doesn't hurt to have a second radio nearby to see if it will transmit to it. for testing. If you need more help let me know.
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If there is no movement on the meter. have the SWR's check on the antenna system.. Free to have it checked. at a good shop.. You may have whats called a blown final..( final transmitter transistor) from high swr's. although you may hear, doesn't mean the antenna is OK. the other problems are a bad Audio transistor on the back corner, its the Large TO-264package/TO-218/TO-220 Styles. also. there a small diode on the solder side of circuit board near the 10.240 crystal, if its loose will also not let it key up or TX.
make sure all your coax cables are tight, and all the switches are in the correct positions... also doesn't hurt to have a second radio nearby to see if it will transmit to it. for testing. If you need more help let me know.