I suppose if you factor in the value of a dollar in those days, it would be 
close to or higher than the dollar value of a modern HF rig.
when you payed $50 a month for rent, and half that for food, and made $300 a 
month, it certainly seems as though it would be worth probably the same as a 
current high end yaesu or icom by todays standards of income and so on?
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: nc300 wanted


> Can you imagine an HF rig that cheep today?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 8:34 AM
> Subject: Re: nc300 wanted
>
>
>> Wow, using the power supply as a side tone.   I never ran a ncx3, but I
>> actually have one out in my garge a friend gave me to fix, just haven't
>> taken the time to mess with it.  I sure loved my nc200, just for grins,
>> here is what I found on line about it.  Odd thing is, it says it covers
>> all of ten, but it actually could only cover 500 kc at a time and 
>> standard
>> was 28.5 to 29.1, and you had to change crystal to cover the rest.
>>
>> National 200
>> One for the road, or do you need a new rig for fixed-station use? Or a
>> second or
>> even third rig for vacation or even portable operation? Or a replacement
>> for a single
>> or tri-band transceiver? For that matter, the brand-new National 200
>> five-band transceiver,
>> at only $359, is a natural for
>> anything
>>  that demands top-notch SSB, CW, and AM performance on the 80 through 10
>> meter bands
>> with minimal investment. Traditional National Workmanship and our 
>> one-year
>> guarantee
>> are yours, in a five-bander priced even lower than a kit rig!
>> FEATURES:
>> d Complete coverage of the 80 through 10 meter bands.
>> d 200 Watt PEP input on SSB, plus grid-block CW and.AM.
>> d Separate product and AM detection plus fast-attack slow-release AGC in
>> all modes.
>> d Crystal-controlled front end and single VFO gives high stability, plus
>> identical
>> calibration and tuning rate on all bands.
>> d Crystal lattice filter for high sideband suppression on transmit, and
>> rejection of
>> adjacent channel QRM on receive.
>> d Solid-state balanced modulator for "set-and-forget" carrier 
>> suppression.
>> d Operates from new low-cost AC-200 supply ($75.00) or from NCX-A or
>> mobile power supplies.
>> d 45:1 planetary/split gear tuning drive.
>> d Automatic carrier insertion in AM and CW modes.
>> d ALC
>> Your dealer has the National 200 in stock right now. See him today for a
>> demonstration.
>> Source: 1966 QSTs
>> Back to the
>> National Product Line
>>
>>
>> 73
>> Butch Bussen
>> wa0vjr
>> open Node 3148
>> Las Vegas
>>