Yes, the test equipment needed to evaluate the pre-amp of this thread, at least to 30MHz, would not be too demanding.
I guess that many member of this forum will recall the days when many projects emerged from the pages of mags like PW, SWM and RC, with familiar authors like F.G.Rayer and others. At that time, I think we trusted that these projects were "tried and tested" and any problems, or printing errors, would soon be published as corrections.
It's clear that those days are long gone. I think I will stick to kits from established suppliers from now on
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