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

[Dave Sublette]

As I recall, my Dad made $100 per week in 1947. He had a wife and me. He
was an auto mechanic and that pay would probably qualify him as middle
class.

Dave, K4TO

On Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 10:33 AM Rich Post <kb8tad at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>>  - Bill H. / va3hwa
>>
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>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 9:32 PM <releazer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>> WB5WSV
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