I used that same line of thought, but replaced Q10 in the uBITx with a dual gate FET¡ the second gate doing exactly what your Q2 does.? The advantage is that there is no loss¡ and in fact the FET has more gain than the 2N3904.? My AGC generation is a little more sophisticated too¡ variable RF gain and integration time (variable AGC time reaction) and a filter¡ but the idea is the same.
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I have a new, low insertion loss (0.6 dB), wide dynamic range (>50 dB @ 3.5 MHz, 34 dB @ 30 MHz) and fairly simple design. It works! The particulars are posted on . 73, Don