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It's an ABC ALT radio so who knows what the deal is. It could just be toast. But, here's what's going on. When I first got it it would not power on. I tried a few times and it powered up. It seemed to work just fine with good RX and TX. If I remember correctly it had version 15 or so firmware. It communicated fine with the PC. I read the codeplug and then turned it off. It would not power back up. I opened it up but saw nothing obvious. When I put it back together it would power up. I eventually shut it off and again it would not come up. Again, I opened it and again it would power up once reassembled. I eventually noticed that once a screw was torqued down near the antenna it would not power up. Eventually this dance was over and it will not power up all now. I tried applying pressure to different areas of the board while it was open to see if there is some sort of stress fracture that would temporarily connect but no go.

I'm sure it's a long shot but is there anything anyone would suggest short of giving to the dog as a chew toy or the neighbor kid as a cool fake phone?