[Elecraft] The Cost Of Amateur Radios

[Harry Yingst via Elecraft]

I came to the same conclusion that that the K3 and accessories really are not priced high at all.
And when you realize it's kept current with upgrades.... well that makes it quite a good deal.







      From: Ken Miller K6CTW <k6ctw at earthlink.net>
 To: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2015 6:33 PM
 Subject: [Elecraft] The Cost Of Amateur Radios
   
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

K2 #455

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