[Elecraft] that Drake or Collins cost

[Jozef Hand-Boniakowski]

My parents bought me a Swan 400 when I passed my general at age 14 in
January 1964.  I went from WN2MIC to WB2MIC and CW at 13 wpm was a piece
of cake.  That rig with no bells and whistles was $1,000 new.  Inflate
that over 44 years!  Rigs today are a bargain, and feature packed, by
comparison.  I must say, however, that I thoroughly enjoyed the 320
watts DC on CW and 400 PEP on SSB.  It was new teen ham's delight to
operate.  BTW, my novice station was a Hallicrafters HT40 (I still have
one) and a Lafayette HE30 receiver.  I now use the HT40 along with a
Collins R390A for kicks every once in a while.  And then I run the K1 or
IC-756 PRO III.  All great fun.

Jozef WB2MIC

N2EY at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/24/07 11:35:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> kercel1 at suscom-maine.net writes:
>
>
>   
>> basic Drake 2B receiver without the Q-multiplier was 
>> $279. Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator, that 
>> is the equivalent of $1875 in 2007
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Lessee - that's about the price of a bare-bones K3 or a fully-loaded K2/100,
> isn't it?
>
> And the 2B wasn't considered a top-of-the-line receiver in its time!
> One big cause of its popularity was that it was considered 
> *inexpensive* for the performance and features you got for $279.
> And it was, even though it wouldn't transceive and the basic 2B
> did not include 160 meters, a calibrator, a noise blanker (it had a 
> limiter), the Q multiplier, nor even a built-in speaker IIRC. 
>
> A 2B was far beyond my means back in the day. 
>
> 73 de Jim, N2EY
>
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