Hi, everyone,
Well, I received a lot of mail (on and off the reflector) about the
accessories and options I should or should not get for my Argosy. The
majority opinion was that the 218 narrow SSB filter was not worth it. I had
previous experience with a Drake narrow SSB filter, so I bought one anyway,
thanks to a gentleman on this reflector who sold one to me for far less than
a new Ten Tec. I have it installed now, and I really have to disagree with
the majority.
I tried it on a nice, crowded 20 meter band. It does what my old Drake
TR-7's 1.8khz SSB filter did: makes some or all of the adjacent signals
drop away. Yes, the audio suffers. It did in the TR-7 too. IMHO, though,
the gain in being able to hear just the signal you are trying to copy
outweighs the loss in audio quality and fidelity.
One caveat, though: I don't have my 220 filter yet, so it may not make as
much of a difference as it does with the stock four-pole filter.
IMHO, for someone who primarily operates SSB (like me), this filter is worth
it. YMMV, of course...
73,
Caity
KU4QD
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