[Hammarlund] [Boatanchors] Maybe the Good Old Days Weren't

[RAY FRIESS]

Oh they were the good old days.   Problem is, that now those who have them, including Fair Radio when they get them, want that arm and a leg for them because they are rare, especially in good shape.
I took a look at Fair Radio's web page, and while many of these items, such as the ARC 5s, are out of stock, when they are available they go for a pretty penny.

I have two ARC 5 transmitters and two receivers, two in pristine shape, unmodified.   I have seen some of the prices these go for, and frankly, I sometimes am tempted to go for the money.   HI HI.


> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 01:50:42 +0000
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> Subject: [Boatanchors] Maybe the Good Old Days Weren't
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> Those of us of a certain age pine for the good ol' days when WWII surplus equipment was plentiful and cheap. I was looking through some old issues of Radio-TV News and found something that surprised me.
> In 1959, Fair Radio was advertising a BC-779 receiver for $69.95 and the associated power supply for $14.95. Who among us wouldn't jump at a BC-779 and power supply for those prices? Yep, those were the good ol' days.
> Then I used an inflation calculator: $69.95 in 1959 dollars equals $570.50 and $14.95 equals $121.93 in today's dollars. In other words, that rig cost $692.43 in current dollars. If I saw one at a hamfest next summer for nearly $700, I'd walk on by. 
> See what I mean? Maybe the good ol' days weren't as good as we remember them.
> 
>                     Joe Connor
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