--- In [email protected], "Roger J. Buffington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Simon Brown wrote: > > > > I don't think you should run these on the 480 as they are in the AF > > chain and will always degrade the information you need to decode the > > signal. > > > > It's not what you hear, it's what your software can decode. Let the > > software do the work... > > > > Simon Brown, HB9DRV > > I had understood, perhaps incorrectly, that the TS480 provided for > mechanical filters, i.e. the excellent Kenwood 500 or 250 hz filters.
The 480 does permit mechanical filters - two of them, in fact. They're optional items though. Actually, if you look at the filter response curves, the ones for the 480 have a noticeably better shape factor than the Kenwood filters for their older rigs - the TS-570, etc. - Rich
