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Klimax said...

Hello,

That transistor looks like attempt at diagnostic mod. Maybe author of modification thought that there is an issue with signal and thought that adding transistor for amplification might fix it. After mod not fixing issue, collector got disconnected and left there for any future use.

Jul 21, 2019, 3:59:10 AM

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