[ARC5] [External Sender] Re: I scanned the 1986 Fair Radio catalog

[Rich Post]

Google "Inflation calculator gov" for

<https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl>

Enter the amount and choose the year and month
$39.95 in Jan 1947 equates to $568.02 in July 2023

Inflation is not your friend

Rich KB8TAD

On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 10:07 AM Bill Henderson <bill.henderson at ocdsb.ca>
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> What was the buying power of $39.95 in 1947?
>
> What would be the equivalent in today's dollars?
>
> Was that an acreage week or month pay?
>
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> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 9:32 PM <releazer at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> The Fair Radio Catalogs were an educational tool in their own right.  I
>> got my first one, in 1973, in order to look for some of the radios
>> mentioned in reprints of the P-51D and P-47D pilot's manuals. That catalog
>> listed a fascinating set called the APX-6, referencing articles in
>> something called "QST."  Our college main library had QST issues going back
>> to the 1920's.  And what came after that is now history.
>> Anyway, I have Fair catalogs going back to 1973.  And what made me wish
>> for a time machine were those 1947 ads in QST, such as a complete brand new
>> SCR-274-N installation for $39.95 from some place called Radio Shack.
>>
>> Wayne
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