In a first step, the results are verified by simulation. A lot of tools are out there to do this.

Our filter is made of 10.7 MHz quartz crystals. We measured / calculated the following values :

QUARTZ CRYSTAL BANDPASS FILTER DESIGNER
https://www.changpuak.ch/electronics/Quartz_Crystal_Filter_Designer_2.php
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QUARTZ CRYSTAL USED
Frequency : 10.70000000 MHz
L : 8.6920 mH
Cs : 25.470 fF
Cp : 6.300 pF
R : 10.660 Ohm
Qu : 54801
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DESIGN DATA FOR A 4 ELEMENT QUARTZ CRYSTAL FILTER.
Center : 10.7000 MHz, Bandwidth : 10.00 kHz
Source / Load Impedance : 735 Ω
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C[0] = 62.85 pF (series)
C[1] = 39.76 pF (shunt)
C[2] = 50.24 pF (shunt)
C[3] = 39.76 pF (shunt)
C[4] = 62.85 pF (series)
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POSSIBLE E12 MATCHING NETWORK TO 50 Ω (HIGHPASS) :
C = 82.00 pF (series)
L = 2.70 µH (shunt)
POSSIBLE E24 MATCHING NETWORK TO 50 Ω (HIGHPASS) :
C = 82.00 pF (series)
L = 3.00 µH (shunt)
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APPENDIX
k[1,2] = 0.6850
k[2,3] = 0.5421
k[3,4] = 0.6850


The filter (for the simulation) looked like this : (some values changed, after)



On the left, there is an input matching network (C1, L4), followed by the filter (C2 ... C6) and again a matching network (L5,C7). The matching networks have been changed, as the treasure chest offered only 1 µH, 2.2 µH and 4.7 µH. However, the following amplitude response could be achieved, BEFORE tuning, just using the calculated values :



An increase of C2 and C6 from 68 pF to 470 pF slightly reduced the insertion loss. The increase of C4 to 44 pF made the passband more symmetric. However, the amplitude response looked like this :



Now it was time to design a pcb. The files below give detailed information about it. We use four quartz crystals, because they nicely fit in our standard case No.: 3.

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