w4rez
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My location, like many others, is plagued by interference from a nearby VHF commercial paging transmitter. The problem seems to be as much of a problem with the poorly designed receivers in most scanners, as I can tune some of the interfered-with frequencies on my Icom 2 meter rig and not have interference problems.
I am thinking that a good (although a bit expensive) solution would be to buy a set of secondhand VHF duplexers and tune the band reject side to the frequency of the offending transmitter and leave the bandpass side unused. Has anybody done this and if so, what were your results? I'm just wondering if my problems are more intermod problems than with the scanner's frontend being overloaded by the signal on the fundamental freq.
I am thinking that a good (although a bit expensive) solution would be to buy a set of secondhand VHF duplexers and tune the band reject side to the frequency of the offending transmitter and leave the bandpass side unused. Has anybody done this and if so, what were your results? I'm just wondering if my problems are more intermod problems than with the scanner's frontend being overloaded by the signal on the fundamental freq.