I am thinking a JFET direct conversion receiver.
it will consist of :
RF Amp
Mixer
AF Amp
LO Osc
*I will probable use a 2n3904 for the AF output.
Building a single stage is not to hard, the troubles start when feeding other stages.
We will be looking at loses due to Z mismatching and shared power supplies.
I will use LTspiceIV for the sim's. (more on this later)
I reloaded my old HP desktok with a new OS and the tools for the project.
(more on this as we proceed - I may use a couple of other tools?)