I think these price comparisons are fairly accurate. A new 30S-1 costed about the same as a new low end car. A Fiat 1100D or VW Beetle went for around $1500-1800 in the early 60s and a low end car today would be around $12-15,000.
However, with ham gear and with cars, actually anything with extensive technology, you get a whole lot more for that money today. A ham in 1958 would not be able to even imagine a KPA500 or a 2017 Fiat 500. Eric KE6US On 5/1/2017 7:36 PM, Kevin Cozens wrote: On 2017-04-30 11:26 PM, Rick Dettinger wrote: And, that was for an amplifier that would have been closer to the KPA500 amp. About 500 watts out. 73, Rick, K7MW Collins 30S-1 Linear Amplifier (1 KW), 1958, original cost: $1556, cost in 2017 dollars: $13,264 So, a new technology K-Line is not that bad as something equivalent from Collins back in the 1950s could easily cost 4 times as much today! It is interesting to see the price comparisons of a high end K3 set up against some of the higher end (back in the day) equipment. I wonder about the definition of "affordable". The cost of a K3 system for me is not affordable. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
