Dave Liquorice wrote :
But the place you went to would be assuming that a slug would have
the same amount of electronics and component level fault finding as
you.

I would never make an assuption that the person I was speaking to knew
any less than me. I always try to find out first, so I can talk to them
at their level.

It is still working fine - so that's over £200 saved, for the outlay of
a couple of hours of effort, plus a 20p capacitor and me in the good
books for at least a week :-)

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk