Well, lets see...I never had a Corvette, a Collins or a Piper
Comanche, and I've only owned one new car in my lifetime.
My first rig was a Tempo One that was a few years old when I bought
it for around 200 bucks in 1976. I bought a used NCL-2000 for 400 bucks a
year or so later, and then had to spend some time inside it to get it
working.
Anything I buy over a thousand bucks or so, I have to finance. I
hope Elecraft doesn't price themselves out of most of our pocketbooks. It's
hell to be poor, but hey, somebody's got to do it.
Stan Rife
W5EWA
Houston, TX
K2 S/N 4216
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Rennard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
My 75S-3B cost about 1/8th of what my 1969 Corvette cost. So, I should be
able to buy a nice receiver today for about $6,000. A 30S-1 cost about 1/3
of what the Corvette cost, so I should be able to buy a new amplifier today
for about $17,000. However, getting this approved by the family CFO is
going to be a challenge.
I used to enjoy servicing my Corvette, rebuilding the carburetor, giving it
a tune up, etc. I would not even consider it today. The only way I can
enjoy putting my skills to work today, given that my time constraints have
gotten tighter, is by building a new Elecraft, or upgrading what I have.
Sweat equity, whether it is on the bench, or in the antenna farm produces as
much enjoyment to me as snagging a rare call sign at "reasonable" power.
I laud Elecraft for re-vitalizing the hobby, but I think I'll put the
KPA-100 back on the K2 if I need it.
N7WY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip L Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Well let's see. My first rig was a Collins S-line in the 1960s. It cost
> about $1700 then. What would that money buy me now as far as radios go?
Oh
> yes, the Piper Comanche B was less than $50,000 and a car was around
$2500.
>
> As I recall not seeing, it hasn't been announced yet. Isn't everyone
> (including me) jumping the gun a little?
>
>
> NRE/COLE Test Center OH-3
> pcarter<at>gcfn.org or wd8qwr<at>arrl.net
> Philip L. Carter, WD8QWR
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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