Jeffrey, the cost of a decent KW station without antenna system has remained at
about $5,000 current dollars from 1956 until current. That means that you
could purchase about the same technology for $5,000, but this is while a good
paying job paid $5,000 in 1956 and between $50K and $100K with the KW station
still at about $5K. No One had the current technology at any price and current
day contest stations did not exist in those days. Transceivers did not exist
and SSB was just being invented. Digital was not conceived at the time. RTTY
did exist, but with mechanical devices to send and recdive. Transistors were
just coming on the market at about ten hours pay for a single transistor with
audio capability. Enjoy cheap radio today! Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,K5EWJ, 60
years of ham radio fun.
From: Jeffrey Carson via BVARC <[email protected]>
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
Cc: Jeffrey Carson <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 7:17 PM
Subject: [BVARC] 73 magazine
Found this stash of old 73 magazines. Thought i'd
share.http://www.arimi.it/storia/73-ham-radio/
Being a new ham, i'm amazed at how expensive this hobby must have been back in
the 70s. Fun to look at all the old ads.
Jeffrey CarsonKF5ONT
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