My parents bought me a Swan 400 when I passed my general at age 14 in
January 1964. I went from WN2MIC to WB2MIC and CW at 13 wpm was a piece
of cake. That rig with no bells and whistles was $1,000 new. Inflate
that over 44 years! Rigs today are a bargain, and feature packed, by
comparison. I must say, however, that I thoroughly enjoyed the 320
watts DC on CW and 400 PEP on SSB. It was new teen ham's delight to
operate. BTW, my novice station was a Hallicrafters HT40 (I still have
one) and a Lafayette HE30 receiver. I now use the HT40 along with a
Collins R390A for kicks every once in a while. And then I run the K1 or
IC-756 PRO III. All great fun.
Jozef WB2MIC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 7/24/07 11:35:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
basic Drake 2B receiver without the Q-multiplier was
$279. Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator, that
is the equivalent of $1875 in 2007
Lessee - that's about the price of a bare-bones K3 or a fully-loaded K2/100,
isn't it?
And the 2B wasn't considered a top-of-the-line receiver in its time!
One big cause of its popularity was that it was considered
*inexpensive* for the performance and features you got for $279.
And it was, even though it wouldn't transceive and the basic 2B
did not include 160 meters, a calibrator, a noise blanker (it had a
limiter), the Q multiplier, nor even a built-in speaker IIRC.
A 2B was far beyond my means back in the day.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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