Nothing special here. A 0.1 µF input bypass rolls off noise and prevents local AM signals from entering, getting rectified and amplified by the AF chain. I opted to not include a multiple pole low-pass filter chain for dissecting CW/SSB pile ups, or a tone control circuit, but in a keeper-grade radio, I would add 1 or both.
I don’t run band-pass AF filtering in my receivers, but that’s another option. With all the free, online software, designing good AF filters has never been easier.
You may boost the gain of the op-amps by increasing the feedback resistor value. Too much gain on strong signals may cause a spasm of feedback and create celestial noises.
I’ve discussed this circuit before on this blog post.
Except now, I’ve solved a distortion problem caused by closing the loop in the op-amp connected to the power followers. In high gain feedback amplifiers, it does not take much time delay or phase lag to cause oscillation at high frequencies near the upper end of the bandwidth. The small 22 pF feedback capacitor lowers the closed loop bandwidth so that there is insufficient gain at high frequencies for oscillation to occur.