[TowerTalk] TH6 pricing at introduction

[Pete Smith]

At 10:48 AM 1/18/2000 -0500, Kent wrote:
>Pete,
>
>In 1968, the TH6-DX sold for $ 149.50  ( Allied Radio price )---I bought mine
>from its original owner in 1974 for a grand total of $ 25.00. I used it from
>1974 until last year when I put up a TH-11DX. The TH-6DX was, by far, the
best
>money I ever put into any piece of ham equipment-----talk about getting your
>money's worth..........

Thanks to Kent and Ed, W3EKT, who gave me the 1966 list price of $139.50.
I responded to Ed...

"Great Ed -- thanks a lot!  The actual numbers work like this -- 

CPI increase since 1966 = 5.1 times
Per capita income increase since 1966 = ~ 8.15

Effective (purchasing power adjusted) price of the TH6 in today's dollars =
$1129.95

Even granted that retailers may not have been selling it quite at list, I
guess times really ARE better than ever!"

Thanks to Kent, I have another good data point -- looks like they were
getting list price after all.






73,  Pete N4ZR

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