[TenTec] Filter Choice

[N1EU]

Appreciate your filter experiences Greg!  Wow, isn't
it great to have so many choices!!!

I just wanted to add a comment about the 2.8 filters. 
I don't quite follow your comment about this filter
being proposed to cure a problem that "some rigs"
exhibited.  I found the SSB receive audio in my
"stock" Omni 6 (opt 3) a bit "harsh" to listen to over
long periods of time.  If you don't experience this
with your Omni, then read no further.  I installed the
2.8 filters and found a dramatic improvement in the
"listenability" of SSB audio - it is much smoother and
easy to listen to for hours at a time.

And to respond to your point about our crowded bands -
yes, but that is why the Omni is so fantastic - in
addition to both 2.8 filters, I can install a 10 pole
2.4khz filter in the 9Mhz if and a 1.8khz filter in
the 6.3Mhz if and have 3 slots to spare for cw
filters.  The best of both worlds, and I wouldn't call
the use of the 2.8 filters counter-productive at all. 


73,
Barry  N1EU


--- Greg Hodsdon <k7kj@teleport.com> wrote:
> 
> Inrad now also offers a 2.8khz first IF(primary
> filter) and PBT IF
> filter which is a definite option. However, I
> personally think that
> going to a wider filter than necessary on today's
> crowded bands is
> counter-productive (my opinion only, no mail
> required!). The 2.8khz
> first IF filter was originally proposed to eliminate
> a problem that some
> 
> rigs exhibited. This topic has been well documented
> on the reflector.
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