Lawmate SAW filter upgrade

Today I changed the SAW filter on my Lawmate 1.2GHz receiver.
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The lawmate receiver is nice and compact…

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The underside of the pcb.

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The topside. Notice the 90° pin-header solution.

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Desolder the case.

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Desolder the pin-headers.

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The old filter. F480-2.

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New narrow band filter D480A

The whole modification took about 30 minutes.

Here is a link to my guide on changing SAW filters in receivers.

I have one original lawmate receiver and one modified now. I’m going to compare them with similar antennas on my diversity switch and see which one performs the best.

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