[CQ-Contest] Cost of Radios Then and Now

[Charles Harpole]

*Radio Costs Then (1958+) and Now (2013) all US Dollars*



Johnson Viking Valiant:  1958, $430;    today$3,500.

Johnson Desk KW: 1,600;  13,000.

WRL Globe King:  800;  6,500.

Hallicrafters SX-101:  450;  3,600.

Drake R-4C:  550;  4,400.

Collins 75A-4:  700;  5,700.

Collins KWM-2:  1,150;  9,300.

Drake TR-3:  550;  4,400.

Swan 350:  450;  3,600.



Hallicrafters SX-99: 150;  1,200.

WRL Globe Chief:  75;  600.



So my modest KN4VUD Novice station cost $1,800. new;  dipoles extra.



My current regular retirement Social Security would have given me $222. in
1958.


-- 
Charly, HS0ZCW