I remember, only slightly however, back in 1955 when my folks bought our
first house.  It was a very good house for the 3 of us, and they paid $7500
for it.  Today, $7500 will buy  you a decent transceiver.  Maybe.

KD7GC



Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Scott Gillen ZL1CHM
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 4:16 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Re-K3 price

I had a friend that said to me one day. "See that car in my driveway?  It
co=
st me more than the house." he paid $16000 for the house in the 50s and
abou=
t $17500 for  the car in the 70s.=20

73
Scott
N0HOK 1CHM

Sent from my iPhone

On 3/09/2013, at 10:26 AM, "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> When I got my ticket in 1962, I would never have believed that am amp
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> 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
boug=
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> 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?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
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> On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 1:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re-K3 price
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> 8 grand Canadian hey? Can get an FTDX-5000D and accessories or an IC-7600
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