[Elecraft] What CW Filters do others have

[David Moes]

just to add my two pennies,     I am what I would call a casual CW 
contester.  I got the 250Hz 8 pole    now I often think that was not the 
best decidion and should have used the 400Hz filter  in rare cases the 
250hz pay off in tight situation. Most often  the 400hz would have 
probably done better as I don't see that many big signals here   and the 
chances that there is one withing 400HZ is not that often.   when I am 
wider than 250 I do find that there is sometimes a biggies too close for 
the 1.8 filter and agc starts to get in the way.  so the 400 would have 
been best for me.




. On 1/5/2013 11:31 PM, ac8jd wrote:
> Thanks all for the replies.  I was leaning toward the 8 pole 400hz filter
> since it is described as having steeper skirts for cutting off adjacent
> interference.  I am a person who runs the K3 on cw with the DSP at 400hz as
> it stands today with the dual PB option (narrow) on at all times.  I find
> its a cleaner signal to listen to.  You just have to be careful to tune
> around the bands slowly or you will miss signals.  :)
>
> So it seems most favor the 400hz filter for what I was understanding it to
> be so I guess my gut was right!  I also ordered the internal antenna tuner.
> I just sold my Ameritron AL811 amplifier and have my Palstar AT2K tuner on
> the market as well.  My plan is to run with the internal antenna tuner and
> 100w only until I can save enough pennies and get the KAT500 and KPA500 and
> have the entire elecraft line!  Plus it will all conserve some space on my
> shack desk!  :)
>
> 73!
> AC8JD
>
>
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