The Model OTOR-300 cost effective CATV Return Path Receiver utilizes a new low-noise, impedance-matched, high-efficiency 1310/1550nm broadband photodiode and advanced RF amplification circuitry to facilitate carriage of critical downstream video, data, telephony and internet traffic in an HFC broadband environment. The OTOR-300 operates with other models in the LaserLite and LaserPlus product families, but is also designed to mate with optical transmitters and receivers from most leading manufacturers. The OTOR-300 can also be co-located with the Olson Model OTOT-870-x Optical Transmitter to form the headend side of a two-way transceiver configuration, when mated on the remote subscriber end with the Olson Model OTPN-1000 indoor node or Olson Model OTMN-II 4-port outdoor node.