Seems to be a concensus Howard.  I had a Valliant back in the early 
sixties and lived on a traditional small city lot in Chicago.  There 
weren't enough low pass filters in the world!! . . .
How times and technology have changed.
PatAt 04:30 AM 11/6/2012, you wrote:
>Pat, no need for the filters any more.  You can always put them back if a
>problem occurs, but with nobody using those chanels, I doubt if you will
>have a problem.
>I don't even use one on the valiant.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 12:25 PM
>Subject: Low Passz Filters
>
>
> >I have had my station dismantled because of some work that had to be
> > done behind where all of it is!  I am in the process of remantling?
> > it.  Actually a good opportunity to rearrange, dress the cables
> > better and wind up with a better operating desk.
> > I have low pass filters on the back of both the TS850 and the IC756
> > PRO.  On 90 degree coax adapters and then short coaxes to the switch
> > that selects which transceiver goes to the antennna.  What is the
> > consensus:  Do I need those filters any more or has the art of
> > television broadcasting made them obsolete?  They are in the way,
> > which I could fix by replacing the hard connnectors to short coax
> > jumpers, or I could just forget them.  What are everyone's thoughts?
> > Thanks.
> > Pat, K9JAU