[Elecraft] K3 Filter question Again?

[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 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 <mzilmer at 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
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