FM tuner front end design-Primer needed.

fm front end

Hi,
I'm new to this forum so hello everyone.
I would like to eventually design my own FM tuner front end (HiFi). I am aware of the basic topology eg RF amplifier, Local oscillator, mixer and first 10.7Mhz IF stage.
I would like to use varactor diodes, dual gate MOSFETS (or GaS FETS if possible) and
one or 2 ceramic filters in the IF stage.
This is a long term goal of mine and I am trying to educate myself and eventually produce a working prototype front end.
Could someone please suggest a textbook or an online source of design information?
I have been looking at a few schematics from modern HIFI tuners (circa 1990) but would rather not copy an old design entirely.
This area of design seems to be a black art. I hope someone can shed some light for me.

David.

P.S This is a serious post and I'm not interested in buying anything off people who post on this site.

vhf front-end

Hi
I have this book u can see its tabe of contents and u can choose the circuits that u are in need in ur design and i will post it for u

the-simple-simplex-repeater

also i have the following and u can chose what u need in ur design and i will send it for u

For Electronics / Ham Radio Enthusiasts - various article electronic PDF archives.

10 Element 900 MHz Quagi
144MHz-Stop-Band TVI Filters
2.4 GHz Pringles Can Antenna
432 Collinear From Coax
6 Meter J-Pole
7 dB For 7 Bucks
A 146 and 445 MHz J-Pole Antenna
A Beginners Course In Assembly Language
A Compact Two-Element 2-Meter Beam
A Compact Two-Element 2-Meter Beam
A Doppler Radio Direction Finder
A Five-Element 2-Meter Yagi
A Five-Element Quad Antenna for 2-Meters
An Active Attenuator For Transmitter Hunting
Anatomy Of A Repeater
An Audio-Noise-Based Voting Circuit
An Easy Dual-Band VHF-UHF Antenna
An Inexpensive TDR
A No-Tune 2-Meter Bandpass Filter
A PIC16F84-Based CW Decoder
A PIC Based HF-VHF Power Meter
A PIC Of An IDer
A PIC SWR Meter
A Portable Quad For 2 Meters
A Rugged Compact Attenuator
A Single Stage 1500W Amplifer For 160-80-40 Meters
A Six Meter Moxon Antenna
A Spectrum Analyzer For The Radio Amateur
A Step Attenuator You Can Build
A Three And Half Band-Yagi
A Tri-Yagi For 50MHz
Automotive RFI Elimination
BIOS Data Area Information
Build An Alphanumeric Pager Decoder
Capacitor Basics
CATV Leakage-A Two Way Street
Clean Up Your Signals With Band-Pass Filters
Copper Loops For 222 and 440 MHz
Defining Your Function Keys
Different Grounds For Different Shacks
Double-Ducky Direction Finder
DTMF-Converter And HF-Link Controller
Dual Band J-Pole
Dual-Band Twin Lead Antenna
Electric Fence Interference—A Case History
Entertainment And Interference-The Two Faces Of CATV
IEEE 80211 Experiments In Virginias Shenandoah Valley
Inexpensive Basic Stamp Controller
Intermodulation Reviewed
Locating Power Line Noise Using TV Waveforms
Microprocessor-Controlled Repeater Voting System
N0GSG DSP Radio Direction Finder
Pocket-Size VHF SWR Meter
PTT Control From Receiver Audio
RFI-Intermodulation
Six Meters From Your Easy Chair
SMT You Can Work With
SPI And The Printer Port
Super-J-Pole
Talking Repeater Controller
The Arrow Antenna
The Four Way DFer
The Magnetron-A Low Noise Long Life Amplifier
The PortaPeater
The Serial Port-Breakfast Of Champions
The Simple Simplex Repeater
Tracing And Eliminating Power Line Interference
Troubleshooting Electrical Noise
Try Copper For 2-Meters-The Cu Loop
Voice Track-Talking Controller
WB2REM Remote Link

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also i suggest this book when u start ur design

basic stamp simplex repeater

muntather_moto said:

also i have the following and u can chose what u need in ur design and i will send it for u

also i suggest this book when u start ur design

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table of contain only!

radio front end tuner schematic

yes coz the book can not be uploaded
this toc contain also the cover of the book so u can take it from the library

pic swr

worth reading:
**broken link removed**

160 meter bandpass filters

Hi Borber
how can i open the website itself
thanks

2 meter repeater antenna

This pdf file is on number of sites. Above link points to **broken link removed**.

analyzer spectrum with catv turner

Many Thanx friend

collinear j pole

ok

twin lead j pole tuner

Hi muntather_moto,

Can you post the following pls:
A PIC Based HF-VHF Power Meter
A Five-Element 2-Meter Yagi
arrow antenna

thanks in advance