Good point. It would depend upon whether or not you'd want to hear someone so far from zero beat.
73, matt On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:38:06 -0400, you wrote: >My thought on the 5 pole was that it would give you some protection but >because the skirts were not as steep you could hear someone calling you off >frequency better. They would be down but not out. The 5's have slightly less >insertion loss and are cheaper. On the other hand they need an offset >adjustment and therefore don't lend themselves to diversity reception as well. > >I think the answer is: it depends on your style of operating and what you want >to spend. The reason there is more than one choice is that one size does not >fit all. Or, as my Nana used to say, "that's why they don't make it all >vanilla." > >Sent from my iPad > >On Aug 8, 2012, at 10:04 PM, Matt Zilmer <mzil...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> Those 8-pole filters have steeper skirts. Either the 5- or 8-pole >> work quite well. >> >> I use 5-pole for the narrower filters (250, 500), and the 8-pole for >> 1.8, 2.8, 13 KHz bandwidths. >> >> 73, >> matt W6NIA >> K3 #24 >> >> On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:12:58 -0600, you wrote: >> >>> Why an 8 pole filter >>> >>> OR >>> >>> Why a 5 pole filter? >>> >>> Yeah I know the 5 poles are cheaper... but other than that. >>> >>> Phil >>> Santa Fe >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
