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Modification of the Watkins Johnson WJ8617B-17 for Reduced Susceptibility to Overload Spencer Bahner Background The WJ8617B-17 is a version of the 8617B that orporate S-1 microprocessor functionality as well as a number of modifications that were intended to tailor the receiver for use as part of an EMI/EMC receiving setup. This modification luded re cement of the antenna swit odule with a non-switched dual amplifier modul ween the antenna input connectors and the receiver preselector modules. This resulted i y hot receiver designed for use in controlled RFI measurements (such as within a screen room or anechoic chamber). These may have seen limited used for surveillance applications where antennas were quite inefficient and where ambient RF levels were very low (say Asmira, Ethiopia or other remote monitoring post). This higher sensitivity design has the side effect of greatly reasing the receivers susceptibility to overloading (likely second and third order IM) in the presence of strong signals. I happen to live within line-of-sight of quite a number of FM broadcast and evision transmitters (some being as close as four or five from my residence) in the Seattle, Washington area. These have traditionally clobbered my higher end consumer receivers, like my ICOM R7000, R7100 and R8500 receivers. These same signal levels also test some of the better surveillance receivers as well. These signal sources greatly overloaded my two 8617B-17s, especially when listening in the FM broadcast band. Insertion of significant attenuation ahead of the receiver input was required to even hear local FM broadcast stations without severe interference. No amount of ga ontrol adjustment resolved this issue. My normal 861XA/B receivers had only slight overloading problems receiving airband signals in the adjacent air band. Th