What fault may exist if a VHF radio receiver fails to produce audible output from the speaker and the squelch control has no effect?

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The AF amplifier may be defective or the transmitter Push-To-Talk circuit may be activated .

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A component in the RF amplifier stage has failed or the signal from a preceding stage is grounded.

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The Local Oscillator stage is no longer supplying a signal to the mixer stage at the correct frequency.

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The mixer stage is no longer producing an output signal on the correct Intermediate Frequency (IF).

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