Receiver Roofing Filter
The first if frequency is 9 mhz and a low noise figure dual gate mos fet d quad dbm double balanced mixer with excellent intermodulation characteristics is implemented in the mixer section.
Receiver roofing filter. Rodhe recent advances in receiver design qst nov 1992. The down conversion type receiver construction is similar to the ftdx5000. O roofing filter width test tone spacing width o test tones are attenuated by roof o dr3 value is limited by upstream components includes the roof in band. The goal of a roofing filter is to limit the passband of the first intermediate frequency if stage.
Best receiver possible especially for cw operation the sherwood 600 hz cw roofing filter fixed the r 4c in 1976 and the ten tec orion put that concept in a commercial design in 2003. Three optional roofing filters are available the 300 hz ysu xf 129cn for the sub receiver and the 1 2 khz ysu xf 128sn for the main and ysu xf 129n for the sub receivers also only available by. Roofing filters installed in the main and sub receivers are the 12 khz 3 khz and 600 hz plus a 300 hz filter is installed in only the main receiver. By incorporating a filter early in the gain stages of the receiver strong off channel signals can be removed or reduced in strength so that they do not overload the later stages prior to the main filter.
A roofing filter is one which is placed ahead of the main gain stages in a if stages of a superheterodyne receiver. Now the elecraft k3 also offers multiple roofing filters of am ssb cw bandwidths. A roofing filter is a type of filter used in a hf radio receiver it is usually found after the first receiver mixer. Three optional roofing filters are available the 300 hz ysu xf 129cn for the sub receiver and the 1 2 khz ysu xf 128sn for the main and ysu xf 129n for the sub receivers also only available by.
Strong signals outside the channel which may cause overloading and distortion by the following amplifier stages and mixers are blocked.