Huck wrote:
'Rob[_8_ Wrote:
;711385']Huck wrote:--huck-
It is unlikely that there is an inductor at that point.
It probably is a capacitor.
How did you identify it as an inductor? Is there lots of wire in it?
Hi Rob, and thanks for your reply.
I believe it was an inductor because it was an axial-lead component
resembling a resistor (epoxy painted, with color code bands), except
that the color of the base paint was bright neon green, rather than
tan.
It was soldered directly to the center terminal of the BNC, and on the
other end, to the PCB.
When the scanner stopped receiving, I opened the unit and found the
component had separated, with the paint in bits scattered about and
unreadable.
It did have a bit of fine wire in it. Unfortunately, after I
de-soldered the remains, I lost them. I have done quite a lot of
searching on the internet, as well as within this forum. As yet, I have
been unsuccessful. I believe the unit was fairly popular, so I'm
surprised that a schematic for it is so elusive.
It probably doesn't matter what you put there.
Use a plain wire, or when there is suspicion that it might have been
a capacitor then use a small ceramic cap of 100pF..1nF.
You will not notice any difference in performance either way, but it
could be there was a capacitor there to block DC.