When I was in high school my first station was Collins S Line and a triband beam on a 50 foot tower. Also, a Viking 500.
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 25, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Peter Spotts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, the economics can be brutal. But the investment gap was ever thus. I'm a > boomer who first learned of amateur radio when I was in junior high school. I > wouldn't get my license until many years later. But I pored through Heathkit, > Allied, and Lafayette catalogs and visited our local Henry Radio store > looking longingly at the radios. Then, as now, there was a wide range of > price and performance. IIRC, the gold standard, or so it seemed, was the > original Collins line, before Rockwell bought them out. My meager in-person > sampling of stations at the time yielded a similar observation to yours: more > Heathkits, Drakes, Atlases, and others than Collins. > > > In the end, I guess, we pay the price we must for a radio that meets our > operating interests and needs, and change radios if or as those interests > change. > > > As a mid-price-ish rig, "We'll always have the K2 [he hoped]; here's QSLin' > you, kid." > > > A satisfied K1, KX1 builder/user... > > > W/best regards, > > Pete > -- > > -- > Peter N. Spotts -- NM5PS > ARRL Public Information Coordinator, New Mexico Section > http://www.nm5ps.net | Email: [email protected] | Skype: pspotts > QCWA #34679 | SKCC #4853S | QRP-ARCI #4174 | CalQRP #67 > NEQRP #714 | NAQCC #2446 | G-QRP #13202 | Polar Bear #348 > >> On March 25, 2019 08:45:07 Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> With all of the wonderful ideas and features advanced for a K4, I find >> one thing which has been seemingly omitted. PRICE! Yep, hams want >> radios with all the features whistle band bells along with alleged >> performance.............. in the $1000 price range. Look at the volume >> of sales of radios in this price range. A large majority of hams today >> do not have $3500 to $6500 to invest in a radio. Yes I know the >> technology, engineering investment and cost to produce is a major >> component of price. But still, hams want inexpensive radios. It may >> not be feasible to produce a product in the $1000 price range, but ICOM, >> Kenwood and Yaesu seem to think so. >> >> >> ICOM IC-7300 = $979; Yaesu FT 991A = $1100; Kenwood TS-590SG = $1200; >> Yaesu FT-DX3000 = $ 1300; Kenwood TS-480HX = $1000 >> >> >> Yes I know these are not in the performance league of the current K3S, >> but these are what is on the air, in mass, today. >> >> >> >> >> 73 >> >> >> Bob, K4TAX >> >> >> Very happy with my: >> >> >> K3S, KPA500, KAT500 and P3 >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > Peter N. Spotts -- NM5PS > ARRL Public Information Coordinator, New Mexico Section > http://www.nm5ps.net | Email: [email protected] | Skype: pspotts > QCWA #34679 | SKCC #4853S | QRP-ARCI #4174 | CalQRP #67 > NEQRP #714 | NAQCC #2446 | G-QRP #13202 | Polar Bear #348 > > >> On March 25, 2019 08:45:07 Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> With all of the wonderful ideas and features advanced for a K4, I find >> one thing which has been seemingly omitted. PRICE! Yep, hams want >> radios with all the features whistle band bells along with alleged >> performance.............. in the $1000 price range. Look at the volume >> of sales of radios in this price range. A large majority of hams today >> do not have $3500 to $6500 to invest in a radio. Yes I know the >> technology, engineering investment and cost to produce is a major >> component of price. But still, hams want inexpensive radios. It may >> not be feasible to produce a product in the $1000 price range, but ICOM, >> Kenwood and Yaesu seem to think so. >> >> ICOM IC-7300 = $979; Yaesu FT 991A = $1100; Kenwood TS-590SG = $1200; >> Yaesu FT-DX3000 = $ 1300; Kenwood TS-480HX = $1000 >> >> Yes I know these are not in the performance league of the current K3S, >> but these are what is on the air, in mass, today. >> >> >> 73 >> >> Bob, K4TAX >> >> Very happy with my: >> >> K3S, KPA500, KAT500 and P3 >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
