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Roofing filter

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149:, with passband widths of 250 Hz, 500 Hz (for CW), or 1.8 kHz (for SSB). These narrow filters require that the receiver uses a first IF well below 194: 241: 72: 103: 107: 189: 76: 226: 236: 231: 123: 87: 142: 60: 35:
electronics. It blocks strong signals outside the receive channel which can overload following
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filter, all of which allow a much tighter filtering curve than a typical roofing filter.
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signals, a roofing filter is required that gives a smaller passband appropriate to the
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determined by the roofing filter passband, but instead by a follow-on
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of the received signal. It is often used at a high first
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Electronics & Communication Engineering Journal
171:– an external device that serves a similar function 90:filter types, with a passband for general purpose 218: 129:For more demanding uses like listening to weak 187: 188:Coy, R.J.; Smith, C.N.; Smith, P.R. (1992). 55:is usually found after the first receiver 165:– category that includes roofing filters 219: 153:range, perhaps 9 or 11 MHz. 13: 14: 253: 67:. It prevents overloading later 181: 20:is a type of filter used in a 1: 242:Wireless tuning and filtering 175: 94:reception of about 6–20  82:Roofing filters are usually 7: 156: 31:in the early stages of the 10: 258: 71:stages, which would cause 46: 61:intermediate frequency 208:10.1049/ecej:19920016 145:stage above 40  106:). The receiver's 75:("distortion") or 227:Radio electronics 120:mechanical filter 249: 237:Receiver (radio) 232:Radio technology 212: 211: 185: 27:that limits the 257: 256: 252: 251: 250: 248: 247: 246: 217: 216: 215: 186: 182: 178: 163:Bandpass filter 159: 92:shortwave radio 49: 12: 11: 5: 255: 245: 244: 239: 234: 229: 214: 213: 179: 177: 174: 173: 172: 166: 158: 155: 116:crystal filter 53:roofing filter 48: 45: 25:radio receiver 18:roofing filter 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 254: 243: 240: 238: 235: 233: 230: 228: 225: 224: 222: 209: 205: 201: 197: 196: 191: 184: 180: 170: 167: 164: 161: 160: 154: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 127: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 80: 78: 74: 70: 66: 63:(IF) stage's 62: 58: 54: 44: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 23: 19: 199: 193: 183: 128: 111: 81: 73:nonlinearity 52: 50: 17: 15: 169:Preselector 221:Categories 176:References 202:(2): 83. 108:bandwidth 69:amplifier 37:amplifier 157:See also 77:clipping 65:passband 43:stages. 33:receiver 29:passband 88:ceramic 84:crystal 47:Purpose 122:, or 98:(for 57:mixer 41:mixer 139:mode 51:The 39:and 204:doi 151:VHF 147:MHz 135:SSB 133:or 124:DSP 112:not 110:is 104:NFM 96:kHz 86:or 223:: 198:. 192:. 143:IF 131:CW 118:, 100:AM 22:HF 16:A 210:. 206:: 200:4 102:–

Index

HF
radio receiver
passband
receiver
amplifier
mixer
mixer
intermediate frequency
passband
amplifier
nonlinearity
clipping
crystal
ceramic
shortwave radio
kHz
AM
NFM
bandwidth
crystal filter
mechanical filter
DSP
CW
SSB
mode
IF
MHz
VHF
Bandpass filter
Preselector

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