What a bargain...
 

I was reading the 1972 edition of "World Radio TV Handbook" just now.

There's an advertisement for a Drake DSR-1 receiver on page 10. And it cost
$USD 2,195 !!!

Makes today's high-end table-top receivers look cheap!

Mark.
Auckland
New Zealand.

Reminds me of the National HRO-500 receiver I picked up for $25.00 a
couple of years ago. New in the late 1960's they sold for over $4,000.

"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...
Reminds me of the National HRO-500 receiver I picked up for $25.00 a
couple of years ago. New in the late 1960's they sold for over $4,000.


If you got a HRO-500 for $25 you got a steal. They typicly sell for over
$500 in good shape and upwards of a $1000 in excellent condition.


--
73 and good DX. B.H.
Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/500.htm

Yes, I think it was a pretty good deal vbg. Powered right up. Kind
of fiddly to use and the 4 filters were a bit sloppy by todays
standards, but it was fun to play with for a while. That HRO knob was
pure pleasure to spin - sort of like a combination lock on a bank
vault.

I got it at an estate auction for $25.00 and someone else got a Kenwood
TS830 for $45.00. The radios were not advertised so all the antique
people showed up but no hams.

Chuck Harder,when he was on Shortwave radio,used to advertise a certain
model of a Drake radio for sale at about $240.00,or something like that.
www.forthepeople.org www.chuckharder.com Don't forget to click on
the Suwannee River song/music/audio thingy.Wayyyyyy downnnn upon the
Suwannee Riverrrrrr,,,,,,, Seee,boys and girls,, float around with me
raggity old beat up bought from the Goodwill Shortwave Radios too.You
just got to love me :{)
cuhulin

I once got a "bargain" for free when I turned a certain corner in Vinh
Long,Vietnam in 1964.She hid her baby in another room,Thank God.
cuhulin

Once did a woman up her back door in Saigon.I didn't like it,she didn't
like it,Mamasan was holllerin,Long Time!
Well,I just had to "see" for meself.I was only 23 years old at the time
and I didn't give a damn about anything.
cuhulin

That was what became the Drake SW1.

--Mike L.

wrote in message
...
Chuck Harder,when he was on Shortwave radio,used to advertise a
certain
model of a Drake radio for sale at about $240.00,or something like
that.
www.forthepeople.org www.chuckharder.com Don't forget to click
on
the Suwannee River song/music/audio thingy.Wayyyyyy downnnn upon the
Suwannee Riverrrrrr,,,,,,, Seee,boys and girls,, float around with
me
raggity old beat up bought from the Goodwill Shortwave Radios
too.You
just got to love me :{)
cuhulin

Mark wrote:

I was reading the 1972 edition of "World Radio TV Handbook" just now.

There's an advertisement for a Drake DSR-1 receiver on page 10. And it cost
$USD 2,195 !!!

Makes today's high-end table-top receivers look cheap!

The prices have stayed about the same-I think that the Drake R8B was
going for US$1800 when it was discontinued-it's just that the dollar has
depreciated. Since that ad was printed, the dollar has lost over 90% of
its real value. For example, when the gold standard was discontinued in
1971, an ounce of gold was $35 IIRC (the fixed price under the Bretton
Woods system). Now it's $440 an ounce, and certain to go higher. Even
when the price of gold reached a 20 year low in 2001, it was $280 an
ounce.The 2001 price was 8 times the 1971 price, which I think means an
80% drop in purchasing power for the dollar. ALL paper money has been
greatly devalued since the gold standard was scrapped, since without a
tie to gold paper money could be printed at will, and the governments of
the world have done exactly that.


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"running dogg" wrote

The prices have stayed about the same-I think that the Drake R8B was
going for US$1800 when it was discontinued-it's just that the dollar has
depreciated. Since that ad was printed, the dollar has lost over 90% of
its real value. For example, when the gold standard was discontinued in
1971, an ounce of gold was $35 IIRC (the fixed price under the Bretton
Woods system). Now it's $440 an ounce, and certain to go higher. Even
when the price of gold reached a 20 year low in 2001, it was $280 an
ounce.The 2001 price was 8 times the 1971 price, which I think means an
80% drop in purchasing power for the dollar. ALL paper money has been
greatly devalued since the gold standard was scrapped, since without a
tie to gold paper money could be printed at will, and the governments of
the world have done exactly that.


LOL - what a bunch of B.S.
Did you forget what your paycheck looked like in 1971?

1971,paycheck? $172.00 each week at Delta Cotton Oil company.Later on,at
the auto/truck battery factory,I was earning nearly three times that
each week.
cuhulin

And according to some "people" the price of gasoline and diesel fuel is
still a bargain.GM and Ford are offering better deals on new
vehicles.Well,they should,they are priced wayyyy to much
anyway.Crackerboxes on wheels.There are no real autos being made
anymore.
cuhulin

Chuck Harder

is apparently off the air for now ... probably for good.
Last live program was on 6/27; reruns since then.
Same thing happened to his TV network in March ... reruns, then the
announcement that it was going off the air for good.
Oh well ... I never liked Chuck Harder that much ... won't miss him.

LL,

Something is really, really up (down?) with Chuck Harder.
First, his Web site (www.chuckharder.com, mirror at
www.forthepeople.org) hasn't been updated since February 5, over six
months ago - the longest such interval I can recall since Chuck began
using the Internet on a regular basis in 1996.
Second, Chuck hasn't taken calls from listeners at least since he lost
that $860,000 Dept. of Labor contract on March 31 for his now-defunct
TV network. That's over four months with no call-ins, again the longest
interval I can recall since I first heard Chuck in September 1991 - 14
years ago.
Third, all his shows seem to be reruns; there is very little hard news
in his broadcasts that pinpoints exactly when they were recorded. As I
posted previously, this is exactly what happened with his TV network
before it went off the air.
Fourth, about three weeks ago, Chuck let it slip that he was on a
"controlled fast," and was eating "a couple pieces of fruit a day" (I'm
paraphrasing here, but I believe these quotes are accurate). Why would
Chuck say something like this on the air?
Fifth, after a big announcement in April, Chuck has said absolutely
nothing about his new book on the bankruptcy of America. What's up? Has
he abandoned it? If so, why?
I think what I said on my previous post is correct: Chuck Harder is off
the air, probably for good, and for whatever reason, his syndication
network, TalkStar Radio, is keeping his shows (whenever they were made)
on the 2 PM-4 PM time slot due to contractual obligations. What's
frustrating is that I cannot verify this; there is no press release or
AP bulletin saying, "Chuck Harder is off the air!" That said, I hope to
find out something soon; the mystery of what happened to Chuck Harder
can't go on forever.
We'll see ...