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[AMPS] Output Pulse from ICOM 706

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Subject: [AMPS] Output Pulse from ICOM 706
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:12:52 -0800
>
>Bill said:
>
>> Ringing is part of the nature of band pass filtering. 
>
>Not entirely so - if the bandpass filtering is Gaussian in transfer 
>function, no
>ringing occurs on application of a step function. Generally, Gaussian filters
>aren't a lot of use for our 'narrow' point of view (SSB and CW), as they have
>insufficient selectivity. It is possible to produce a 'minimum ringing' CW
>filter by having a Gaussian 'top' down to about -12dB, and then going into a
>Chebycheff shape below that. According to Dave Leeson, W6NL (es W6QHS), a 
>very
>badly mismatched CW bandwidth crystal filter can give you a Gaussian or near
>Gaussian response, albeit at the penalty of very high (20dB or more) 
>insertion
>loss.
>
>Back before W2VJN took over International Radio, I asked them at Dayton about
>their CW filters and ringing. I was told that 'Our filters don't ring'. 
>When I
>asked if they were Gaussian, he said 'No, but they don't ring'. Hmmmm......
>
?  /chortle/

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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