[Milsurplus] RBC info?

[John Hutchins]

All -
     I hear you need a skid loader to move that RBC /RBS series radio.
Hutch
On 5/29/2013 10:34 PM, Joe Connor wrote:
> Richard:
>
> The $2,400 figure was the cost to build each receiver. See, generally, http://www.radioblvd.com/WWII-PostWar%20Hamgear.htm
>
>                         Joe Connor
>
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz at gmail.com>
>> To: "milsurplus at mailman.qth.net" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] RBC info?
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>>
>> With all the requirements laid on Government Contracts these days, that's a
>> bargain.
>> You couldn't design and produce the receiver today for many millions.
>>
>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Joe Connor <joeconnor53 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Using an online inflation calculator, $2,400 in 1940 dollars is the
>>> equivalent of $39,862 in 2013 dollars. Wow.
>>>
>>>                              Joe Connor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Mike Durff <mike at oldaudio.net>
>>>> To: "milsurplus at mailman.qth.net" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:34 PM
>>>> Subject: [Milsurplus] RBC info?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I found this while looking for info on the RBC:
>>>>
>>>> "According to Robert Login's (AA8A) on-line article on the receiver
>>> series from the October 1998 issue of Electric Radio (link is to the ER
>>> index), the RBC-1 cost the Navy $2400 in 1940. Login quotes Jack Strayer in
>>> ER May 1993 noting that RCA "borrowed" the top engineers from 17 companies
>>> to design the radio series resulting in what Strayer noted as a radio that
>>> is a "design engineer's dream come true."
>>>>
>>>> The link to Robert Login's online article is broken. Can any of you shed
>>> any light on the Logan site or article?
>>>> Thanks, MD
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