[R-390] EAC Contract info in Red Bank paper

[bavarianradio at comcast.net]

Hello all, I guess what I'm trying to figure out is that in 1940, the RCA stack of "RB" receivers (RBA,RBB,RBC) cost a bit less than $10,000 (unless I'm wrong) which was a bucket load of money, fast forward to  the late 60's and the R-1051 was $25,000.00 (or thereabouts) It seems odd that the 390A would be so cheap compared the radios flanking it's time frame. I know that the 390 was more expensive than the "A"  but I don't have any idea what 390's cost back in 1951 or so. Did Uncle Sam get a discount?? I doubt it... Ross W1EKG

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Further to the question of the unit price coming out at about $1350, we can
look at the price that EAC charged for the R-390A when selling it to
civilians (the one with the rocket like logo and no contract no.), whjich
was $1700 (and lower for new but shopworn items). That would be about
right, DoD getting some discount ( a term not easily used in conjunction
with the R-390A, but you know what I mean).
Best,
Clemens S.Ostergaard
Denmark
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