TP5 and TP6 are not connected to the VCO, or any other part of the radio's PLL section. These two test points are for the carrier oscillator, 10.695 MHz plus or minus 2.5 kHz.
This is a bit tricky. Hooking a probe to these points tends to disrupt the circuit. You could try probing the emitter of Q46, the carrier oscillator transistor. Just one problem. The tip of the probe has capacitance to ground. This will alter the frequency coming out of Q46 when the probe is disconnected. The test points shown are isolated from the crystal and Q46, but the level is really low. Only a counter with a really sensitive input will get you a reading from those.
We use either a service monitor's receiver input or an accurate ham transceiver to 'sniff' the output from this crystal without tapping into the circuit with a probe. This way it gets set on frequency without any disruption to the setting of the trimmer slug for each mode.
One way to minimize the disruption to your counter reading when in transmit mode is to remove the bias-test jumper (mirror board) while trying to get a counter reading in AM transmit. Stray RF from the final stage will leak into your counter probe and disrupt the reading. Removing that jumper while setting the 10.695 MHz AM carrier-frequency adjustment might fix your issue.
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