RCI-29 purchase update: Beware!!!

[Drradio61]

Here's an update!
The RT6s didn't show shorted but I replaced them with some RT 1s I had on hand and also the 2sb827 regulator and of course q81 and problem solved!!! Thanks for the input guys!

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

The "Truck Stop Tunes" actually takes gain away from the radio, in exchange for watt's. The watts are useless without the gain.

Think of gain of watts the same as you would think of amps of AC volts.
What good is 120v AC with 0 (zero) amps?
What good is the voltage if no amps are present?

Stick two fingers in an 120v AC outlet that has 0 amps, you'll get a shock, but it won't kill you.
Now stick two fingers in that same 120v AC outlet and apply 3 amps to that 120v, it'll knock you across the room and could kill you.

It doesn't work quite like that, or you did not explain things properly. Current draw is determined by the resistance of the load and nothing else. Your reference of the 120 volt outlet is wrong. You cannot have a 120 volt outlet with zero amps available and then "apply three amps to that 120 v outlet. How do you "apply three amps" to an outlet? You don't. You connect a load and IT will determine the current it requires. Also, at 120 volts there is NO way the human body could EVER draw three amps from a 120 volt outlet. I have a fairly low body electrical resistance meaning I am more sensitive to electrical shocks than the average person. It is around 30-50 thousand ohms on average with dry hands. Let's call it 40,000 ohms. At 120 volts my body will draw 0.003 amps or 3 milliamps. That little current will nail you bad. Current over 10 mA can cause muscle cramping to the point you may not be able to let go.