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Part of this task is to determine how the HTS channelized filterbank can be most effectively demonstrated. Preferably the demonstration should be accomplished in the context of an actual ESM receiver rather than as a laboratory demonstration using laboratory instrumentation. We have identified a demonstration vehicle which will provide the capability. Westinghouse, using internal R&D funding, has developed and demonstrated a wideband channelized receiver with twenty, 100 MHz channels that operates over the 3 to 5 GHz frequency range. This receiver is capable of detecting and correctly determining the frequency of up to three simultaneous signals, even when they have simultaneous leading edges. The HTS filterbank being developed under this program is designed to operate right in the middle of this frequency range (4 GHz) and it has been determined that the filter characteristics and parameters of the two channelizers are similar enough to be compatible with the encoder algorithms. The channelized receiver's log video detectors, A/Ds, and digital encoder are also compatible with the HTS Channelizer design.