President Washington help?

I've been hanging around here a long time but this is my first post. I recently acquired a president Washington PC-385AG MB8719. Radio works great for the most part but has a quirk. If I set the dead key any lower than 3watts, I get a flutter in the audio while talking. The meter reflects this as well. Stays up but the needle flutters. Someone used the rf gain pot to adjust rf power. They physically removed the VR6 pot from the board and wired it to the rf gain pot.

I have not been able to...

President Washington help?