Quite by accident, in leafing through K9AY's new magazine I ran into a
reference to a surface-mount PIN diode
<http://www.skyworksinc.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=857> designed
specifically for receiver protection. It begins to block signals at +10
dBM, and works by quite a different mechanism than conventional diode
limiters, resulting in pretty high IP3. The specified lower frequency
limit is 10 MHz, but I wonder if that is arbitrary
Has anyone tried this approach to receiver protection on Topband?
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73, Pete N4ZR
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