[Elecraft] The Value of Kit-Building (OT)

[Phil Wheeler]

Ted,

Good analysis, but I do wonder about the input 
data. Of course, I don't know what options you 
have. But it could take you longer to build it. If 
you stretch the fun out to 160 hours, you'll be 
close to the $10 an hour she's using as a baseline 
:-)  That way you can convince her that the money 
is, indeed, well-spent!

73, Phil W7OX

On 9/8/15 11:59 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
> FWIW, my wife has developed an algorithm for calculating the value of
> radio kit-building.  I told her yesterday that I had just ordered the
> K2/100.  She asked ³How much?² I confessed that with all the accessories
> and add-ons and the shipping, it was about $1,700.  Then she asked, ³How
> long will it take you to build it?"  I told her that the reviews I read
> said about  30-40 hours, so for me it would likely be about 80.  She then
> reflected on the fact that our 8-year old grandson builds twenty dollar
> Leggo kits in about two hours; thirty dollar kits in about three; and so
> on more or less linearly.  So, she said, ³It costs about $10 an hour to
> amuse him.  For you it¹s about $21."
>   
>
> Impeccable logic.
>   
>
> Ted, KN1CBR