[Milsurplus] RBC

[Peter Gottlieb]

According to the inflation calculator at www.bls.goc/data/inflation_calculator.htm

That $3000 in 1940 is like $51,479 in today's dollars. 

Puts today's $25k radio set prices into some perspective. 


Peter

> On Jun 16, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, just to defend the honor of the USN, it was the Navy Dept., not the War Dept (Army), that paid for the development and acquired the RBA/RBB/RBC receivers. I don't know what the development costs were. Anyone? Federal Telephone & Radio for the RBA, RCA for the RBB and RBC.
> 
> April 1940 initial production contracts - Approximate costs (with spare parts)
> $3000 for RBA (Federal)
> $2700 for RBB (RCA)
> $2400 for RBC (RCA)
> 
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Mike Durff via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> Hue:
>> 
>> I bought the whole array of RBA, RBB & RBC a few years ago after I read that RCA was told by the war department to build the best receiver they could. The story goes that they hired or borrowed 17 engineers from top manufacturers at the time. I think they cost $3-4 thousand each in 1940 dollars!
> 
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