After fixing the relay same thing except cant hear the CAL signals anymore.
I started checking for loose wires and when I moved the pin type coax connector to the VCO output from the pll board to the RF unit, started to sound like the antenna signal was coming in. After reseating both ends could not
bring the signal back tho.
I started putting my finger near the VCO jack on the PLL board and could near a noise level. Narrowed it down to R36 on the base of Q7. If I put an antenna wire there, I get what sounds like a normal noise level, and I think I heard some CW as the band switch was set to 40m. The S meter reads, but theres what sounds like a nasty background noise, possibly my fluroscent lighting all over the band. The AGC fast, slow, off makes no difference. I guess maybe putting an antenna there is the same thing as mixing RF right into the PLL which I guess is the local osc? That would mean my IF works, but the other gate of the RF mixer fet is still not seeing the antenna inut from the regular jack. Schematic in the SM here:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/u4ok2meob0j6635/TS-530S_Service.pdf/file