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Re: [TenTec] vague answer to the triton audio filter question

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] vague answer to the triton audio filter question
From: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:23:16 -0400
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Good thinking.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "geoffrey mendelson" <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] vague answer to the triton audio filter question


> 
> On Jul 27, 2010, at 12:47 AM, Mike Hyder -N4NT- wrote:
> 
>> I believe when the 544 is switched to CW one stage of the filter is  
>> active.
>> The second CW position uses all stages.  The 544 AGC voltage is  
>> derived from
>> audio.  The Ten-Tec filter appears in the audio string before the AGC
>> sampling point.  So to be properly effective, an added audio filter  
>> needs to
>> be put into the audio circuitry before the AGC sampling.  If this is  
>> not
>> done, then signals outside the passband of the filter can still pump  
>> up the
>> AGC voltage.
> 
> 
> 
> That's why I suggested the MFJ filter. Although it's on or off, it's a  
> tiny circuit board that is designed to go into a radio that is still  
> sold. It plugs in but you could easily solder wires to it. The  
> connections on it are DC, audio in, audio out and ground, which would  
> probably do the job,
> 
> That's also why I did not mention that IMHO just about any DSP filter,  
> including the Radio Shack ones I bought in the mid 1990's would do  
> better. Any external filter would be outside the AGC loop, which would  
> cause pumping and false S readings from nearby signals.
> 
> Geoff.
> -- 
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM
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