Re: [Elecraft] K3 Filter question Again?

2012-08-08 Thread Matt Zilmer
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 call

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Filter question Again?

2012-08-08 Thread K4ia
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

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Filter question Again?

2012-08-08 Thread Matt Zilmer
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

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Filter question. Again?

2012-08-08 Thread N4QS
ecraft] K3 Filter question. Again? > 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 maili

[Elecraft] K3 Filter question… Again?

2012-08-08 Thread Phil Townsend
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.h