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

http://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

http://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

http://www.baofengradio.com/en/ProShowcn.asp?ID=141

Top Level UV-5R User manual link

http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Manuals.html

Manufacturers Baofeng UV-5R user manual

http://www.uv3r.com/images/UV-5R%20user%20manual.pdf

The (Chinese) Radio Documentation Project manual Written by Lennart Lidberg

http://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

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

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