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WL7CLA	Rating: 4/5	Nov 26, 2009 15:55	Send this review to a friend!
Good quality, low cost			Time owned: 3 to 6 months
I don't have overload issues with my main radios (756PROIII and FT-450), but some of my SW receivers were having issues, and I figured a number of +40 to +60 BCB stations were not likely to be helping my main rigs. My take on the 402X. Some one put alot of time into figuring out how to make a useful filter that could be sold fairly cheap. Workmanship is good, solid but not $$$, neat trick. Loss on bands 80M and up is < .2db, and tuning as received was right on. The _only_ thing I do not like is the SO239s... I realize teflon insulation and silver plated copper/beryllium contacts would be overkill, but the connector used is sub-par. Opening for the center contact is too large, no spring to the contacts. I had to carefully tweak the fingers on the 402X (and 3 other ICE bandpass filters) just to get solid contact. Add $5 to the price, but use better connectors. I and still seriously thinking about replacing all the so239s with Amphenol ones.
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