A method for securing the operation of a receiver in a two-way radio
apparatus by enhancing the isolation between the transmitter and
receiver, and a radio apparatus employing said method. The transmitter
and receiver in a radio apparatus have separate antennas (320, 330). The
transmitter has at least two mutually alternative filters which have
different attenuations in the receive band. Transmitting antenna matching
is monitored by measuring the strength of the field (re) reflected from
the antenna (320) towards the power amplifier (PA). When the strength of
the reflected field in proportion to the strength of the propagating
field is above a certain threshold, the filter (312) which has a greater
stop-band attenuation in the receive band will be used as the
transmitting filter. Otherwise, the filter (311) which has a smaller
stop-band attenuation and, hence, smaller pass-band attenuation will be
used as the transmitting filter. The filters and their selection switches
(SW31, SW32) can be integrated into a single component. The receiver
noise level can be kept relatively low also when the matching of the
transmitting antenna changes for external reasons, without substantially
increasing power loss between the RF power amplifier and the antenna.