[TenTec] PBT and other issues.

Jim Brown k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com
Wed Oct 29 12:03:29 EDT 2014


On 10/29/2014 8:24 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Although we speak of filters as being 2.4 kHz or 500 Hz bandwidth, that is only a small part of the story.
> The bandwidth we state here is the "6dB bandwidth".  Perhaps more important is the "60dB bandwidth".

Also important is the amplitude and phase response WITHIN the passband. 
Poor design can produce poor phase response, which degrades speech 
intelligibility. This was a major shortcoming of the Elecraft K2 -- it 
sounded fine listening through the full bandwidth TX filter, but when 
the multipole CW filter was realigned for narrow SSB it was hard to 
listen to.

73, Jim K9YC



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