OH! Wait - it's in the RF section? Probably a gain-stage.

(not as much an op-amp as it is a common-emitter style gain block.)

I'm gonna crack open my tuner and take a look asap. THAT could definitely be the failure mode I'm dealing with right now.

-Ben

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