Greetings,
One more question on roofing filters, specifically about using identical BW
filters in adjacent slots. Lots of roofing filter blurbs on the reflector, but
I could not find anything specific to this question.
In reading the owners manual, it states that roofing filters are to be placed
in decreasing BW order, starting from slot #1, with the option of bypassing
slots along the way, with the filter configuration setup taking care of letting
the firmware know who is where and for what purpose. The manual also indicates
that the firmware relates the DSP BW to the filter setup, and routes the IF to
(only) one of the five roofing filter slots, depending on the aforementioned
filter configuration/setup.
So here's my question. Is it possible, albeit perhaps not terribly beneficial
at first glance, to put another 0.40 roofer in the next downstream slot from my
current 0.40 roofer? Would the F/W even accept that setup? If it would allow
that configuration, would the F/W just select the first 0.40 slot, or would the
F/W route the IF through both 0.40 roofers? So the real question is whether
there is a way to configure two identical 8 pole roofers (i.e. 0.40 kHz) such
that the F/W treats that as 16 poles?
I'm guessing the answer is most likely a definite no, per hardware and firmware
design, but the remote possibility seemed intriguing nonetheless. I guess this
is what happens sometimes when there aren't enough sunspots to keep one
productively engaged in this hobby. But hey, if you don't ask, you don't
learn. ;-) Thanks. 73
Walter WB2IDK
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