Re: [Elecraft] KPA800 @ $2.8k: count my $

2005-04-27 Thread Mike S
At 08:34 AM 4/26/2005, Bob Rennard wrote... 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. It's more reasonable to compare similar items, such as electronics. My HW-16 cost about 1/100 of what a 1970 personal

Re: [Elecraft] KPA800 @ $2.8k: count my $

2005-04-26 Thread Bob Rennard
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

RE: [Elecraft] KPA800 @ $2.8k: count my $

2005-04-26 Thread Stan Rife
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,