intermod issues
Im hoping someone with a technical background can help me in this field. Listening in the New York Metro area naturally brings intermod and front end overloading easily in open scanning modes. I see that Scannermaster has both the VHF band pass filter and the FM Notch Filter. Does anyone have suggestions on if any of these would be useful in a mobile scanning application where its a 396XT connected to a mobile antenna in the car?
Any insight would be appreciated
Thank you
I live in the city and such a strong RF environment i had so much intermod coming thru on VHF that made it very annoying to scan that band.
So on my base antenna main feed i have all 3 in series, 152,159 mhz Par notch filters along with a FM band notch and it made all the difference in the world. I can finally again enjoy the VHF Hi Band.
Also keep in mind front end rf overloading isnt good for our very sensitive receivers/scanners either. Because it will desense them and make them useless in capturing the weak distant signals. So yes, these filters are a must for the serious mobile or base listener...... if you did a search in these forums you will find allot of us are using them.
Hope this has helped
Ron