[TowerTalk] Are All Low-Pass Filters Alike? -

Jim Lux jimlux at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 16 21:14:08 EDT 2005


At 01:10 PM 8/16/2005, Don Havlicek wrote:
>Why don't hams place the LP filter between the Xcvr and the Amp?  That
>way, the amount of harmonics reaching the Amp will be minimized,
>rendering their output levels relatively the same, if not lower, than if
>the LP filter was AFTER the Amp.
>BTW:  this is what I have done since the 50's.  Never blew up a LP
>filter yet!
>Don
>N8DE

probably because the harmonics people are concerned about come from the 
power stage, not the exciter.   



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