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07kawzx6r

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thanks

Thanks everyone for all the help and for finding out what it was. Wonder if radioshack would have one
 

07kawzx6r

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found it

I finally found out what it is its a smd diode surface mount diode or a varicap diode its says its a variable capacitance diode or something not sure but thanks everyone took a lot of researching
 

larry80

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@07kawzx6r, with solder joints that close, I highly doubt that it could’ve been a small SMD component, although that still is a strong possibility because of the shape of the small component. You can just try re-soldering the two joints together and see if it works or not. I know it’s not something advisable but based on the facts that there aren’t many options left and there’s a lot of protection circuitry in the circuits these days, I don’t think there’s any real danger in doing it. Best of luck with it though.
 
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