No argument there, but most of us couldn't afford a $13,000 radio today.
Luxuries, including ham radio equipment, have gotten cheaper in real
(non-inflationary) dollars since the 1950s and 1960s. But the cost of
necessities (land, houses, cars) and college education has risen dramatically,
and real wages have not. So there's less left over for luxuries.
73,
Cathy
N5WVR
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On Sat, 12/3/16, Charles H <k4vud@hotmail.com> wrote:
Subject: [Amps] The cost of amplifiers, radios
To: "Bryan Swadener" <bswadener@yahoo.com>, "amps@contesting.com"
<amps@contesting.com>
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2016, 7:50 PM
To fairly evaluate radio costs, I took my purchase price new of a Drake TR-3
and used
Google to get that money converted into 2015
money. The TR-3 would cost about $13,000 USD in today's money.
Actually printed circuit boards and other inventions have LOWERED the cost of
ham radios today.
73, Charly
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From: Amps <amps-bounces@contesting.com>
on behalf of Bryan Swadener via Amps <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2016 3:54 PM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Not just you... The cost of
amplifiers
IMO, it extends
to other things... not just ham radio toys.
Suffice to say very few of us can justify the
most expensive toys.
But, we still have fun.
:)
vy 73,Bryan WA7PRC
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 06:12:05 -0800
From: Cathy N5WVR
To: Amps
Subject: [Amps] Not just you... The cost of
amplifiers
"Maybe its
just me, but I have problems wrapping my head around
spending $7995.00? ( $10,313.55? in cdn
dollars)...on any amplifier"
It's not just you. I have trouble picturing
myself spending more than, oh, call it $3k on an amp, and
even that would be a real stretch. Better to surrender the
money on multiple amps to provide backups and extra
capabilities.
I have 3
amps:. an AL-811H bought new, an SB-220 bought at a hamfest
and repaired, and a 2-meter TE Systems 160 watt amp.
Probably have a total of $2k invested on all three combined.
( Technically I have a fourth, a QRP-to-35-watts HFPacker,
but that's pretty specialized. It lets my K1 be
heard.)
I have sacrificed
frequency agility to save $$$. To me it's a good
trade-off.
I've spent
quite a bit of money on ham radio over 20+ years, but never
too much on any one thing.
73,
Cathy
N5WVR
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