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Sears Roebuck 1940 Radio Amateur Equipment
- Thread starter BJ radionut
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That was an interesting read. Thanks for posting.
CPI calculator says that $1.00 in 1940 is $18.79 today.
Ham radio was very expensive then.
National HRO Receiver, without speaker or power supply, $179 in 1940. Equivalent to $3,363
A two element beam and rotator for $59 in 1940. Equivalent to $1,108 today.
CPI calculator says that $1.00 in 1940 is $18.79 today.
Ham radio was very expensive then.
National HRO Receiver, without speaker or power supply, $179 in 1940. Equivalent to $3,363
A two element beam and rotator for $59 in 1940. Equivalent to $1,108 today.
Probably why people learned to Home Brew Equipment...
That is certainly part of the reason but another reason is that a lot of things just were not commercially available. Lots of customization of stations with cheap surplus parts was going on just after 1945.