A filter network designed for providing high frequency selectivity with a high degree of reliability and availability. The filter network comprises a superconducting filter and a non-superconducting filter, or a combination thereof to form multiplexers. A receive side of the non-superconducting filter pre-filters received RF signals before inputting them to the superconducting filter. The non-superconducting filter is constructed and arranged to pass RF signals having a frequency within a first pass band to the superconducting filter. The superconducting device is constructed and arranged to exhibit a high-degree of frequency selectivity in further narrowing the received RF signals. Other aspects are directed to the arrangement, construction, and uses of the same structures to accomplish different but similar goals. In a multiplexed configuration, various combinations of transmit filters are used to enable the use of a common antenna with the receive side electronics, which may be located at the top of the antenna tower or in the base station.