How quickly some long time hams forget. My first ham station was a
Halicrafters S-85 and a well used Viking Valiant...modest compared to
high end stations of the day... But cost in today's dollars around
$2,000. Didn't come close to what that SDR radio can do... Or even
what the Lime SDR for $400 can do (which we heard about at today's
NEWS VHF Conference). 6 or7 grand is actually a fair price. That Lime
rig is a steal even though limited to VHF and microwave. Factor in
inflation and ham gear from the 60's was mighty expensive!
De
w1aim
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:20:47 +0000 (UTC)
Catherine James <catherine.james@xxxxxxx> wrote:
At $6K, I won't be buying one of these, but there are serious hams who will be excited and lining up to grab one as soon as they're available.
Actually, I think this is a perfectly reasonable hobby for normal folks. You can get a decent HF transceiver for a few hundred dollars, and wire antennas are cheap. The last CVARC newsletter had my article showing how you can get an amp for a few hundred dollars. Like so many other products, there's a low end, a middle end, and a high end.
73,
Cathy
N5WVR
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On Fri, 4/21/17, Ed Hutchinson <ehutch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Subject: [CVARC] Re: Elecraft KPA1500 solid state amp (1500 watts) announcement
To: cvarc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, April 21, 2017, 11:04 AM
It looks pretty impressive!
And it only costs four or five times what my VW is worth. This is not a hobby for poor folks.
Ed