[Elecraft] [K3] Roofing filters are misunderstood

[Dennis Griffin via Elecraft]

Wasn't the chicken little sky is falling thing popular back when "roofing filter" originated? We may be luckier than we know that it became known as a roofing filter.

73 de Dennis KD7CAC
Scottsdale, AZ

On May 12, 2014, at 3:04 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote:

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> Roof    ->    upper ... higher ... overhead ... protective ...
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> There are several fairly intuitive possibilities, none of which are worth getting confused about in the first place.
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> Dave   AB7E
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> On 5/12/2014 12:01 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
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>> I still don't get it. What does the word "roof" have to do with bandpass? That's where the confusion comes from.
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>> 73, Bill W6WRT
>> dezrat at outlook.com