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
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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?