My first frequency counter was an IB-1100. The February 1978 issue of Ham Radio Magazine had a few articles which guided me through modifying the input. I eventually built an 11C90 divide by 10 circuit boxed into an aluminum Mini Box which is still somewhere in my "shop". A few years ago I modified one of my frequency counters to be driven from a GPS receiver. Thanks for the 50 year step back in time.
"Inflation Calculators" are notoriously inaccurate for many kinds of things. Inflation does not affect all aspects of an economy equally, and there are big differences between inflation affecting income and inflation affecting the cost of food, vehicles, homes, rent, etc. There are also significant regional changes. Consider if this Heathkit product really cost the equivalent of $1800 in today's money. Nobody would have bought them.
My first frequency counter was an IB-1100. The February 1978 issue of Ham Radio Magazine had a few articles which guided me through modifying the input. I eventually built an 11C90 divide by 10 circuit boxed into an aluminum Mini Box which is still somewhere in my "shop". A few years ago I modified one of my frequency counters to be driven from a GPS receiver. Thanks for the 50 year step back in time.
$219.99 in 1970 is the same as $1,827.83 in 2024 / CPI Inflation Calculator
"Inflation Calculators" are notoriously inaccurate for many kinds of things. Inflation does not affect all aspects of an economy equally, and there are big differences between inflation affecting income and inflation affecting the cost of food, vehicles, homes, rent, etc. There are also significant regional changes.
Consider if this Heathkit product really cost the equivalent of $1800 in today's money. Nobody would have bought them.