Thanks to all who replied to my plea for help!

I did find the problem this morning and man, it was not what I expected. The problem turned out to be that power was not getting to the radio. Well,,, actually it WAS getting to the radio - to the Power Poles - but no further. I decided to poke around a bit and found that the solder connection on the positive pole - it appeared to be cracked, perhaps from the repeated removed of the power connector but it seems that the added current draw of the 100 watt PA did the connection in one way or another. I reflowed the connection and the radio is once again happy.

What threw me (and why no power wasn't my first thought to check) was that THUMP when the power button was tapped. I guess there was a enough charge in some capacitor to do that. Ah well, live and learn....

Again, thanks to all

Ken
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