[Elecraft] "Another Better Mouse-trap?"

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

A noise gate placed in the signal path can be a source of IMD products, even 
when it is not active.

IMHO a separate noise receiver which can be tuned over a limited frequency 
range above the band in use to avoid "real" signals, whose output inhibits 
LO drive when noise is present, plus the required delay in the signal path, 
is a useful recipe for a noise blanker.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD