Alan, yeah, I remember in 1954, my Dad and I went out to the Chevrolet -
Cadillac dealership in my hometown to pick up our new Chevy, and there was a
beautiful, long, black Caddy sitting in front of the dealership on display,
and my Dad pointed to it, and said: "now, that is one hell of an expensive
car; it costs almost $3,000!" 

As a kid, shortly after getting my ham ticket, I remember drooling over ham
rigs in the Heath-Kit catalog and the WRL catalog, and in QST and CQ
magazines, like a new DX100 for $189. I don't remember for sure, but I think
I only paid something like $395 for my new Galaxy 5 Mark II, which at the
time was one hot transceiver!

As you can imagine, I am more than shocked at today's prices. 

Ron, K8HSY



-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Alan R. Downing
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 5:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Re-K3 price

When I got my ticket in 1962, I would never have believed that am amp could
cost $12,000 or more, that one could spend $10,000 for a transceiver, or
over $12,000 for an antenna including purchase price and labor.  But ham
gear is no different than anything else really.  Several years ago, I bought
a new pickup truck with all of the available options, including 4WD and a
diesel engine, and that it would cost me over $50,000.  What has the world
come to?

KD7GC



Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 1:12 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re-K3 price

Wow: =20

8 grand Canadian hey? Can get an FTDX-5000D and accessories or an IC-7600
wi= th accessories plus a  1KW Ameritron amp for that. Lol=20 Even 4 FT-102s
for that who's receiver is just as gd as the 5000, 7600 with a=  3rd order
intercept point of 108DBN.=20

Michael DE VO1AX=20


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