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A multiplexer has a plurality of manifolds interconnected by bandpass filters of differing spectral passbands. The filters serve to segregate signal channels from each other during a process of separating microwave signals in one of the manifolds and in a process of combining the microwave signals associated with another of the manifolds. A compact rigid structure of reduced mass is attained by employing one or more of the bandpass filters as connecting filters for coupling a signal channel directly between a first of the manifolds and a second of the manifolds, wherein the construction of the manifold and the connecting filters is in the form of a rigid assembly. A base may be provided for supporting each of the manifolds and each of the bandpass filters in a unitary structure.

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