Hi all,
Just a note of info..
Bills 2 Way is the current owner of the Chipswitch Technology.
If you are looking for a chipswitch and socket, there are many places on
the 'net that sell them, But Bill's is the supplier.

Bill's website also has a link page of authorized installers of the
chipswitch.

Rogerbird (ME) is one of those Authorized installers.
I do not sell just the Chipswitches. I don't keep a large qty on hand,
but I have Chipswitches and sockets for installs. I will install a
Chipswitch and socket for $85 plus return shipping.
With the Chipswitch install I also install my 24Mhz enhancement to allow
operation from 24.800 to 29.999MHz. See my website for more info and
other mods available for the HR series radios.
http://Rogerbird.tripod.com

I can be contacted by email at Rogerbird1NO

Roger



M-Tech wrote:

Ah. THAT'S where I got the "replace the old chip" from. I see now. I
thought the radio's came with a socket but it was the wrong one(for the
chipswitch).

Well, it looks like I'll be going this route too. I pick mine(hr2510) up
today. I'm going to clean it up and check it out first and then have the
chipswitch installed later.

Don

"Dr.X" Dr.X@null wrote in message
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"M-Tech" wrote in message
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Well I could be completely wrong then...I thought you had to buy the

socket

and solder that on the board. Then, push the chip in....as seen he
http://www.chipswitch.com/Bills_Socket.htm

Hmm...if you do a good job, maybe I'll let you do mine. LOL!!

Don


Yeah, that link shows the socket. But you remove the old chip, and in it's
place you put the socket and plug the new chip into it. This also means

that

if you find that you need to put back the old chip, you can just unplug

the

chipswitch and plug in the old one without having to do any soldering.

Putting in the socket does require you to desolder the old chip and solder
in the new socket though.

-Dr.X

PS: previous message said 62 pin socket...I meant to say 64.