[Boatanchors] Going price for 19 set MkII & PSU?

[Jack Taylor]

Yes, I paid $25.00 for mine back then.  Ended up modifying the
UHF portion for 2M and had a lot of fun with it.  But remember,
accounting for inflation, that $25 is the equivelent to $250 today.

73 de Jack, N7OO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vic K2VCO" <vic at rakefet.com>
To: "boatanchors at qth.net" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Going price for 19 set MkII & PSU?


> William L Howard wrote:
> 
> > I paid $100.00 for my Type 19 set back in 1987. 
> 
> These were very cheap and available in the '50's.  I remember visiting a 
> local ham shack in 1957 and the fellow demonstrated his 19 -- it was his 
> main rig!  He made a QSO on CW, and then called CQ fruitlessly for a 
> while on AM.  It had a real "woooooop de woooooooooop" chirp on CW.  I 
> believe that they cost about $25 in unused condition back then.
> 
> -- 
> 73,
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno CA
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
>