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Palomar Elite 250HD input tuning

RidgeRunner260

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I have the amp listed in the subject. I noticed today, that the input tune was high, this is a new to me amp. I know the coax is fine and antenna, I've been thru that. This amp has two pills, not FETs inside, I noticed on top of the transformer the silver mica cap was burnt and it measured about 230pf. I removed it and I could not really read the writing, but it looked like 1000pf at 500 volts. I replaced it with something close and the input tuning came down to about 1.5, which was an improvement on the 2.0 swr I did have. The other cap on the output transformer I could clearly read at 750pf. I cannot find any schematics on it, I was hoping maybe someone had some knowledge.

My only other recourse is to buy an assortment and play with different ones.
 

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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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