[ICOM] Icom Prices

[Tom Norris]

Along inflation and other economics we need to factor in the value of  
the USdollar
vs other currencies on the global market. Back in the days of Drake  
and such we
were buying US gear with USdollars, and when we bought Japanese gear  
the USdollar
was worth much more than the Yen.  Such isn't the case these days.

Tom  NU4G

"and you can't get Command Sets at the surplus store for $5 any more  
either"


On May 23, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Cam and Juli Hedrick wrote:

> My 2 cents:
> In 1980 I purchased the complete Drake TR-7/DR7 line on the employee
> purchase program and it still set me back over $3000.00.  Today,  
> you can buy
> the IC-756Pro III and a very nice amp for the equivalent currency.  My
> Collins gear would amount to tens of thousands of dollars at today  
> prices if
> it was "state of the art" due to inflation alone.   Given these  
> examples I
> feel that current market pricing is fair, and many hams today make  
> high 5
> figure and up salaries and can thus more easily afford these rigs.
> Cam
> WA4JKW
> Very open to comment and criticism, just remember this is just an  
> opinion.

Tom Norris
R390A at BellSouth.net

"Just because your children were born in the South does not make them  
Southerners. After all, if a cat had kittens in the oven, that  
wouldn't make them biscuits."