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@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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