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Re: [TenTec] Roofing filters

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Roofing filters
From: w8au@sssnet.com
Reply-to: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 01:59:59 -0500
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At 10:11 PM 12/24/2003, RON ZOND wrote:

Please explain the term "roofing filter". What type of filter is it, and how
does it get its name? How does it differ from the standard filters with
which I am familiar?

In the Microwave world, "roofing filters" refer to low pass filters with a high frequency cutoff. (symbolic of a "roof") I have noticed all the talk about roofing filters with respect to receiver front ends, and have not questioned it as you have, since I knew what was being spoken of.

But your question is a good one.  How did a basic "bandpass"
filter become known as a roofing filter?   Ham interpretation?

Perry w8au

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