[TenTec] 2.8 filters and Omni V...just won't work

Richards jruing at ameritech.net
Fri Oct 29 04:05:17 PDT 2010


Is it possible the filter is wider than expected?  Would one be silly to 
test the filter to see if it is in spec?  Could the filter skirts be 
wider than they should be? Is this easy to measure or test?

Not being critical... just trying to learn from all this along with
the rest of you.

Thanks.

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On 10/28/2010 10:19 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> You are going to have to move the carrier frequencies out to the slopes
> of the filter to get back to SSB. That takes a lot of tweaking of the
> shifting trimmers which interact between CW, LSB, and USB. And you will
> be WIDE on the selected side band, a consequence of the wider filter.
> Which I'd agree with those listening is too wide. I got along fine with
> a 2.1 in my Collins rig for decades.
>


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