Silicon ChipMarket Centre - November 2017 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Thirty years – and still going strong
  4. Feature: SILICON CHIP: 30 years old and going strong! by Ross Tester
  5. Feature: Phone calls via satellite: it nearly didn’t happen! by Dr David Maddison
  6. Feature: Getting the most from www.siliconchip.com.au by Nicholas Vinen
  7. Project: Dipole Loudspeaker System by Allan Linton-Smith
  8. Project: Build the Super-7 – a single-board AM radio receiver by John Clarke
  9. Serviceman's Log: Rangehood repair full of red herrings by Dave Thompson
  10. Project: Want to build a Bass Guitar? Read on . . . by Keith Walters
  11. Project: Touch-screen 6GHz+ Frequency Counter, part II by Nicholas Vinen
  12. Project: A $30 build-it yourself SDR kit by Jim Rowe
  13. Vintage Radio: Pocket radio, 1940s style: the two-valve Privat-ear by Ian Batty
  14. Subscriptions
  15. PartShop
  16. Market Centre
  17. Notes & Errata: GPS-Synchronised Analog Clock Driver / Deluxe Touchscreen eFuse / Li-ion and LiPo Charger Modules / 3-Way Active Stereo Crossover for Loudspeakers / 0.01Hz - 6GHz+ Touchscreen Frequency Meter
  18. Advertising Index
  19. Outer Back Cover: Keysight Technologies DSOX1000 series oscilloscopes

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Items relevant to "Build the Super-7 – a single-board AM radio receiver":
  • Super-7 AM Radio PCB [06111171] (AUD $25.00)
  • Case pieces for the Super-7 AM Radio (PCB, AUD $25.00)
Articles in this series:
  • Build the Super-7 – a single-board AM radio receiver (November 2017)
  • Build your own Super-7 AM Radio Receiver – Part 2 (December 2017)
Items relevant to "Touch-screen 6GHz+ Frequency Counter, part II":
  • 6GHz+ Touchscreen Frequency Counter PCB [04110171] (AUD $10.00)
  • Short Form Kit for the Micromite Plus Explore 100 (Component, AUD $75.00)
  • Case pieces for the 6GHz+ Frequency Counter (PCB, AUD $15.00)
  • Software for the 6GHz+ Touchscreen Frequency Counter (v1.01) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • 0.01Hz - 6+GHz touchscreen frequency meter, Part 1 (October 2017)
  • Touch-screen 6GHz+ Frequency Counter, part II (November 2017)
  • Part 3: Finishing our new 6GHz+ Digital Frequency Meter (December 2017)

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