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Bad relay in 200 GTL

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I had a 200 GTL come in with a goofy receive issue. After unkeying, the receive would "wobble" in and out, almost like an antenna whipping back and forth next to a stack, causing the signal level to drop way down and come back up again. After some head scratching and tapping here and there, it seemed to track to the general area of the receive coils. I touched them up, and same problem. I finally tried tapping on the relay (dont know why I didnt try taht first....), and that seemed to be the problem. I swapped it out, and that took care of it. Just wanted to post the symptoms and the cure for anyone who runs into a similar problem.
 


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    Hello gentlemen and Ladies. I have the dreaded RCI-2990 receive issue where my radio gets distorted when people get close to my location. I found the C90 Capacitor, but I can not for the life of me find the C89 capacitor. Can or does anyone have a picture of the exact location of C89 ? Thank you in advance, Wes
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    Wes, it's better if you start a thread on the main forum, more people are going to see your question.
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    Okay, sorry, will put in a forum
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    I put it in the general disscution help area and started a new thread. Thank you for letting me know.