Building the SoftRock SDR

This is covers the build and initial testing of my SoftRock SDR Ensemble RX 2. It is an extremely flexible low cost software defined radio. The purpose of buying and building this kit it to better understand the DSP involved in audio and radio applications.

There are tons of free SDR applications, but I'd like to write my own. It isn't my goal to write and distribute a professional SDR application, but to learn the DSP involved in software defined radio.

I absolutely want to implement single side band and AM. These modulations seem easy, and would allow me to listen to 'interesting' ham chatter.
Other than snooping on conspiracy theory chat, I really want to receive the WWV time broadcasts. There are a couple WWV transmitters in the frequencies that I can access, and the timecode modulation seems accessible.