[Elecraft] KPA800 @ $2.8k: count me in/out

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/25/05 7:29:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, srife at swbell.net 
writes:


> I think the whole amateur market is getting out of hand. But
> that is just my opinion. 
> 

Well, take a look at what ham gear used to cost...and what the average person 
made an hour/week/month/year. IIRC, a Collins 75A-4 cost about $700 back 45 
years ago - when a $5000/yr income meant a solid middle class life for a family 
of four. (And the 75A-4 is just a *receiver*!)

73 de Jim, N2EY