HPR2062: Now The Chips Are Definitely Down

I’d like to start by apologising for the rather fast and excited speaking style of this show particularly towards the end, hope it doesn’t spoil the content too much, it was all done in rather a hurry.

In this show I describe a thought provoking documentary I stumbled upon from 1977, the documentary is about the the silicon chip and explores the far reaching implications it will have on society.

The title for the original documentary was “Now the chips are down”.

I came up with the altered title “Now the chips are definitely down” to signify that not only have the changes already happened but that it’s also had a massive cost reduction impact as my newly purchased piece of equipment demonstrates.

The new piece of equipment that I bought only became so affordable because of the great advances and massive reductions in cost over time. A similar piece of equipment cost me around £120 maybe ten years ago and due to inflation you can probably double the cost again. The price of my new piece of equipment was astonishingly cheap I thought though on reflection its cheap price may also be down to it being a more mass produced item than normal amateur radio equipment.

Links to Horizon documentary

• BBC Iplayer Link
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01z4rrj/horizon-19771978-now-the-chips-are-down

• Youtube Link for those not living in the UK
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW5Fvk8FNOQ

• Wikipedia article about the documentary
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_the_Chips_are_Down

Standard C510A /C510E links

• Basic information on my original 10 year old handset
  https://www.rigpix.com/standard/c510.htm

Baofeng UV-5R links

• My new handset available from many places this link from Amazon
  https://www.amazon.co.uk/BaoFeng-UV-5R-136-174-400-480-Dual-Band/dp/B007HH6RR4

• Offical Baofeng website
  https://www.baofengradio.com/en/ProShowcn.asp?ID=141

• Top Level UV-5R User manual link
  https://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Manuals.html

• Manufacturers Baofeng UV-5R user manual
  https://www.uv3r.com/images/UV-5R%20user%20manual.pdf

• The (Chinese) Radio Documentation Project manual Written by Lennart Lidberg
  https://www.miklor.com/uv5r/pdf/uv-5r_v1.0.pdf

• Interface cable for Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon
  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Programming-Cable-Baofeng-UV-5R-Radio/dp/B0083H56MY/ref=pd_sim_504_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51R6bwEBeNL&dpSrc=sims&preST=AC_UL160_SR160%2C160&refRID=06ZV4EBXADZ72VF6PR6Y

Chirp links

• https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

Links

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01z4rrj/horizon-19771978-now-the-chips-are-down
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW5Fvk8FNOQ
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_the_Chips_are_Down
• https://www.rigpix.com/standard/c510.htm
• https://www.amazon.co.uk/BaoFeng-UV-5R-136-174-400-480-Dual-Band/dp/B007HH6RR4
• https://www.baofengradio.com/en/ProShowcn.asp?ID=141
• https://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Manuals.html
• https://www.uv3r.com/images/UV-5R%20user%20manual.pdf
• https://www.miklor.com/uv5r/pdf/uv-5r_v1.0.pdf
• https://www.amazon.co.uk/Programming-Cable-Baofeng-UV-5R-Radio/dp/B0083H56MY/ref=pd_sim_504_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51R6bwEBeNL&dpSrc=sims&preST=AC_UL160_SR160%2C160&refRID=06ZV4EBXADZ72VF6PR6Y
• https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

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