Hey Guys,
Now here's neat piece of trivia for the day. I just acquired a Japanese
copy of the December 1971 CQ Magazine in Japanese.
Boy it's fun to look through that. If you know where I can find
any more of these, please let me know.
In 1971 the FT-101 sold for 138,000 Yen.
In todays dollars, I think we are looking at the current exchange rate
of something like 113 Yen to the Dollar. So if we were to buy the FT-101
from Toyomura's in Tokyo at todays prices it would cost you
$1,221.23 cents
Y138000/113= $1,221.23 in todays dollars.
The FL-2100 Amplifier was Y79,800 Yen
$706
Y79800/113= $706 in todays dollars
The FV-101 VFO sold for Y19,500 Yen
&
The SP-101 Speaker sold for Y 4,300 Yen
Maybe you had better take care of that old FT-101, it's going up in Value
!!
Hi Hi.
73's
Carol
W4CLM
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