Chuck, I'd go with the 250 Hz 8-pole. It's fine for PSK31 as well as CW and keeps the in-band blocking to almost nothing.
I have one in both receivers, and it's really surprising what one can do with it. 73, matt W6NIA On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:01:44 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: > >Sorry to do this to you guys but ..... > >I need some roofing filter advice:) > >Currently I only have the stock 2.7K filter and it has worked fine for >casual rag chewing and some dx'ing. >I've been operating my K3 for over a year and it seems I don't have any >strong signals near me creating problems. > >Over time my interests have changed and now I'm pursuing primarily cw dx'ing >on 160 and 80 (lots of weak signals). > >I'm attempting to fill out my 'elecraft cart' to purchase the second >receiver and am stuck on the filter choices. > >I can't afford lots of roofing filters so I'm thinking of going with one cw >filter on both main and sub (for diversity receive capability). > >It seems the 250 or 200 may be too limited in application so given the above >would you suggest the 400 Hz 8 pole or the matching 500 Hz 5 pole filters? > >thanks for any advice. >chuck >af4xk ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
