[Elecraft] KPA800 @ $2.8k: count my $

[Mike S]

At 08:34 AM 4/26/2005, Bob Rennard wrote...
>My 75S-3B cost about 1/8th of what my 1969 Corvette cost.  So, I should be
>able to buy a nice receiver today for about $6,000.  

It's more reasonable to compare similar items, such as electronics. My HW-16 cost about 1/100 of what a 1970 personal computer (PDP-8) cost, so I should be able to buy a basic transceiver today for about $10.

>A 30S-1 cost about 1/3
>of what the Corvette cost, so I should be able to buy a new amplifier today
>for about $17,000.

An SB-200 cost about 3/100 of what the PDP-8 cost, so I should be able to buy a new QRO amp today for about $30.