[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] The Value of Kit-Building

[Ian]

>From the Elecraft mailing list...
73, Ian N8IK 


FWIW, my wife has developed an algorithm for calculating the value of radio
kit-building.  I told her yesterday that I had just ordered the K2/100.  She
asked "How much?" I confessed that with all the accessories and add-ons and
the shipping, it was about $1,700.  Then she asked, "How long will it take
you to build it?"  I told her that the reviews I read said about  30-40
hours, so for me it would likely be about 80.  She then reflected on the
fact that our 8-year old grandson builds twenty dollar Lego kits in about
two hours; thirty dollar kits in about three; and so on more or less
linearly.  So, she said, "It costs about $10 an hour to amuse him.  For you
it¹s about $21."  Impeccable logic.
Ted, KN1CBR