[1000mp] Re: Roofing filter ro Mark V

[Pete Smith]

At 11:06 AM 3/14/04, Delibert3A@aol.com wrote:
>Be careful with a very narrow roofing filter.  I haven't looked at the
>schematic, but a roofing filter would undoubtedly come ahead of the noise 
>blanker.
>Narrow filters cause noise pulses to be stretched out, tearing big holes in
>the received signal.  So if you live in an area where the noise blanker is
>important to your sanity, a very narrow roofing filter may not be the best 
>idea.


If you use the noise blanker on a 1000MP or Mark V, you have so badly 
compromised the strong signal handling capabilities of the radio that there 
would be absolutely no purpose in going to a narrower roofing filter.

73, Pete N4ZR
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