[Elecraft] Yet another filter question

[Ross Primrose]

Certainly seems to me that he pretty well covered that in is post....

73, Ross N4RP

On 5/15/2015 2:54 PM, jim wrote:
> Why are you considering a tighter roofing filter?
>
> Jim
> W6AIM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Morgan
> Bailey, II
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 9:33 AM
> To: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: [Elecraft] Yet another filter question
>
> Hi all
>
> I apologize if this topic has been covered here before.
>
> I've had my K3 for about a year now, and I'm considering adding another
> roofing filter.  I currently have the 400 hz 8 pole filter and it has served
> me very well, but there were several instances during the 2014 WPX cw
> contest as well as 2014 SS where I needed something tighter.  I've seen the
> filter plots for the 5 pole and 8 pole filters, and while my initial gut
> feeling was to go with the 8 pole 250 hz filter, I'm now questioning whether
> or not that would be wise.  According to the plots, there isn't much
> difference between the two filters, and based on this data alone it would
> seem that the better choice would be to go with the 200hz 5-pole.
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something here.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks
>
> 73, Morgan, NS0R.
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