Exactly. We (on average) devote a smaller percentage of our income to energy
and food, and for many, even housing, than we did 40 years ago. THis is what
has allowed us to expand consumption in other areas.
--- On Mon, 9/27/10, k3miy@csonline.net <k3miy@csonline.net> wrote:
From: k3miy@csonline.net <k3miy@csonline.net>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] The Eagle inflation costs, etc.
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 1:10 PM
Hi
Interesting thread. Actually, since 1973, the real incomes
of Americans, and others, has dropped relative to inflation.
Were it not for advances in technology, and offshore production,
the costs would be higher.
Ron
K3MIY
Quoting Kris Merschrod <Kris@merschrod.net>:
> I, too have been drawn into the QSO here. If you use the US currancy
> inflater at :
>
> http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
>
> Then at $700 in 1978 the Titon would be $2,343 today. So T-T is running at
>
> the inflation rate. Unfortunately, the competition started off way below
> our wage rates and is still way below - hence the low cost of imported
> radios.
>
> Our blind faith in free-market ideology has kept us from looking around to
> see what is happening (or what was happening to other countries when we had
> the comparative advantage). Balanced trade would have been a better
> strategy, but, heck, when you are sitting at the card table and the chips
> are flowing your way, who would want to change the game?
>
> I wonder why the house keeps giving us more chips to play with when it is
> obvious that our luck has run out? Actually, the answer to that question is
>
> in a great book called "1421" It is about the Chinese navagation advances,
> but also about their trading policies way back then.
>
> We are playing checkers and they are playing Go.
>
> Moral of the story? Buy Tentec!
>
> Kris KM2KM
>
>
> Merschrod
> 123 Warren Road
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> www.merschrod.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pumbaa" <pinkertontommrs@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 12:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] The Eagle
>
>
> >A lot of people did not have their income increase some 285% from 1978 to
> > today. That is the problem as companies can't sell as many ham radio sets
> > as they do large LCD TV sets. HTs now seem very cheap especially a certain
> > brand made in China. If your income has equaled the inflation rate then
> > today's radios are probably cheaper than those of 1978,
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "mike bryce" <prosolar@sssnet.com>
> > To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] The Eagle
> >
> >
> > This has been an interesting thread. It got me out of the shadows.
> >
> > I haven't looked it up but in 1978 the triton was someplace around $700
> > stripped with no noise blanker or cw filters, analog version.
> >
> > today that's about over two grand.
> > <Clip>
> >
> > Mike, WB8VGE
> > SunLight Energy Systems
> > The Heathkit Shop
> > http://www.theheathkitshop.com/
> > J e e p
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> >
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