A comb limiter combiner for front end filtering reduces bit error rates
with an increased reception range. Notch filters are tuned to suppress
interfering frequency-hopped signals. An output comb filter suppresses
out-of-band intermodulation products generated by any non-linear devices
(such as limiters and the notch filters) in each of the comb limiter
combiner sub-bands. Sensitivity is further increased by the use of
cryogenically cooled high temperature superconductor components for the
filters, amplifiers, and limiters used in each sub-band.