first lets check the obvious things.
you do have your meter on the radio set to read power, and not in the SWR or CAL positions right?
if thats not it, you might have put the diode/resistor in backwards.
i noticed in your post that you were going to put them on the solder side of the PC board, which is fine, just make sure you have them soldered in the right place.
resistor should still be toward the back of the radio, and diode toward the front.
it really sounds to me like you have them soldered to the wrong traces.
also, if you dont want to clip the AMC resistor, you can just turn up the VR.
its not quite as "loud" as removing the resistor, but its pretty close.
dont key the radio anymore until you have confirmed that you have the diode/resistor combo soldered to the right traces, and also make sure that they are not shorting against any other traces or the case of the radio.
LC
