[Elecraft] The Cost Of Amateur Radios

[Ken Miller K6CTW]

Doing a costing (while day-dreaming) of the K3/100 with all of the options (P3, K144Xv, K144RFLK, KTCXO3, KAT-3, KRX3, KBPF3, PR6-10 and all 8-pole filters in both the main and 2nd Rx) the cost came to about $6500.  For a moment that seemed like a lot of money.  

Then I considered the restoration of my Drake R4-A.  The cost for that receiver was about $400, but that was 1966! In todays dollars that would be $3000!  And that's just the receiver!  Adding the T-4X (transmitter), AC-4 (separate transmitter power supply), MS-4 (speaker) and MN-4 (200 watt transmatch) and the total cost is well over that of the K3!  Maybe I should also compare the cost to the Collins S-Line setup, but then my calculator would need extra digits ;-)

Hmmmmm..... maybe the K3 is really a bargain after all!

Just food for thought.

73 - Ken Miller, K6CTW

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