Clifto,

Is your goal a project to get hobbyists with AF project background into
RF building with a minimum of giant steps (or something like that)? If
so, the familiarity of op-amp building is probably a good choice.
Introducing ceramic filters and the need for a ground plane can be
enough for hobbyists doubtful about entering a higher frequency range.
Getting something to work will build confidence. You can make more
satisfying results a later step.

Steven

clifto wrote:
Has anyone played with any of the new high-bandwidth op amps in IF
amplifier circuits? I've got an idea I want to experiment with, and
not a whole lot of analog design ability (though I do better with
building blocks than with compensating discretes), and now that
GBw products are cheap above 1 MHz it might look practical to
pursue. I have no standards for comparison since I know nothing
about parameters like noise figures and the like in standard
discrete circuits.

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