[TenTec] Inflation Calculator

Martin AA6E aa6e at ewing.homedns.org
Thu Aug 31 18:38:54 EDT 2006


They do work for salaries, however!

You couldn't buy an Orion at any price in 1986, but the point is that we 
had to work more hours to afford high-end equipment in the days of 
Collins, Hallicrafters, et al.

-aa6e

george fritkin wrote:
> Inflation calculators do not work in technology
> 
> George
> 
> --- "D. Kemp" <nn8b at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> To figure the cost today of any older rig go to:
>> http://www.halfhill.com/inflation.html
>> or
>> http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
>>
>> You will be surprised at the $/bells & whistles of
>> the
>> old rigs as compared to todays rigs.
>>
>> IE; my Corsair II with PS and Ext VFO and all
>> filters
>> was $1988.00 in 1986 dollars would be $3,611.04 in
>> todays dollars. The Corsair II was the Orion of
>> 1986.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Don, NN8B
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