Dumb question #1

[Eddy Swynar]

Justin...

Economists here in the Great White North are wont to tell us that inflation
*roughly* doubles every 10 years...

So, say you're rig cost $250.00 in 1975---in 1985 that would translate to
$500.00, in 1995 $1000.00. Now, in 2001, that'd be about $1500.00, or so.

By comparison, in 1976 I bought a brand new, off the lot 1976 Pontiac
Firebird Formula for $6000.00---in '86, that would equate to $12000.00. in
'96 $24000.00, and in 2001, $36000.00. That example is pretty darn close,
only if anything, a new loaded Firebird here in Canada would be in excess of
$40000.00 to-day!

Close enough, though---don't you think? Try it on something you got back
then, & compare to-day's price for the same thing...chocolate bars & cokes
are good examples that come darn close, too.

~!73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ



----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin L Hall" <justin.hall at JUNO.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:44 PM
Subject: Dumb question #1


> This is a really dumb/hard question- But here goes.
> I have an HW-101.  If I bought the kit in 1975, how much would it cost in
> Year 2001 dollars?
> I know if you save the labor on building things you save money, but I've
> looked at Ramsey's site and $10 seems too much for a battery and a board
> for a code oscillator.  Seems like a ripoff to me.  I frequently get sent
> to some places in the world where I'm there for a few weeks and it would
> be a lot of fun to take a kit and work on it.  But I don't want to pay
> all that money for something that's just a toy.  An HF rig even with ICs
> would be fun to have and use.  Not to mention I could carry it with me
> and use it.  There's even a market for HF/shortwave radios that are PC
> cards to put into a tower computer, I'm sure, but it's a hard sell.
> So those of you that have built them, how much would it have cost?
> Justin
> KB7LAK/VQ9JH
>
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