On Sun, 12 May 2019 15:53:17 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
wrote:

On Sun, 12 May 2019 08:46:42 -0700, tabbypurr wrote:

If you've eliminated other faults as possible then time to adjust the
bias on the iffy range.

It breaks my heart to do this, but I think it's a junker. On further
inspection some screwdriver jockey's ****ed around with it and since I
only paid a fiver for it, it's time to consign it to recycling.

I picked up a valve paging transmitter from a rubbish tip.
It was in working order, 5 watts output on 27.212 MHz,
with the crystal in an oven.