[Elecraft] RE: Difference between real filters (FL1 thru FL4) and DSPfilters (SF1 thru SF4)

2006-09-06 Thread Steven Pituch
Hi John, The DSP is audio. Its got a sharper cutoff but can be affected by the AGC which is also audio. The crystals filters FL1 -FL4 are IF and closer to the front end and cut interference before the AGC. Yes, in non critical situations, the DSP filters are sharper, but if a loud adjacent

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Difference between real filters (FL1 thru FL4) and DSPfilters (SF1 thru SF4)

2006-09-06 Thread Fred Jensen
While a still wet behind the ears student several hundred years ago, a professor told me that The best filters for any receiver are at the antenna terminals, before any RF enters the receiver. Once you let it in, it's hard to control. Unfortunately, filters are a bit hard to implement that