I am new to Ham but a multi-decade experienced technician. BUT What is a
"Mechanical" Collins filter? I know what they are used for but why are they
called Mechanical?

I get an image of a tiny squirrel running in a cage.....

Thanks,
Paul.

Crystal and ceramic filters are also mechinical filters, since they depend
upon the mechanical resonance of the quartz or ceramic.

I recall that some of the radio companies have advertised that their radios
had mechanical filters, when in fact they had ceramic filters.

As mentioned in the latest Electric Radio, Zenith apparently developed the
mechanical filter but decided it was not that useful and abandoned the idea
a number of years before Collins revisited it.

Colin K7FM

COLIN LAMB wrote:

Crystal and ceramic filters are also mechinical filters, since they depend
upon the mechanical resonance of the quartz or ceramic.

I recall that some of the radio companies have advertised that their radios
had mechanical filters, when in fact they had ceramic filters.

As mentioned in the latest Electric Radio, Zenith apparently developed the
mechanical filter but decided it was not that useful and abandoned the idea
a number of years before Collins revisited it.

Colin K7FM


Well, it is a mechanical filter, just not the one you're thinking
about. A crystal filter is mechanical, as well, but its dishonest to
try to make people think they are getting a machined metal mechanical
filter.


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