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Old March 18th 15, 01:54 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Connecting multiple filters to multiband antenna

On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 8:13:58 AM UTC-4, Jeff wrote:
On 18/03/2015 10:49, Brian Morrison wrote:
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 06:44:55 -0400
Jerry Stuckle wrote:

I would not expect matching a 50 ohm antenna to a good quality filter
(which these are) would affect their response significantly enough to
cause a problem. After all, this is the exact type of operation they
are designed for.


The stop band performance is dependent on the antenna and filter
impedances out of band, at certain phases this can lead to a
re-entering stop band. I've been dealing with the consequences of this
in my day job very recently, it is a real and significant effect in
some circumstances. It's also not trivial to fix.



Indeed Brian, also if you look at the DCI filters there are quite
large returns in the stop bands.

Jeff


What are the effects of this on my proposed operation?

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