Topband: Low noise preamp suggestions?

[T R Mortimer]

Greetings !

A diode clamp is a primitive signal-limiter.  More advanced ones might produce fewer harmonics,  intermodulation products & general S--- & corruption.  [The writer's manuscript was unclear at this point - Ed]

Automatic Gain control is smooth and continuous in onset and action (in an ideal world,  unknown to the writer),  and apart from the obvious fact that output-level in a refined system is unchanging,  it should be quite undetectable to the user & cause no distortion whatever.  

I reckon that's all pretty easy & straightforward,  but any questions  - especially if scratched on a large gold brick -  will receive my careful attention.

73 de Mort,  SV5/G2JL