B7971 in 1972 Fair Radio Catalog

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Shaun Merrigan

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Nov 5, 2024, 9:56:19 PM11/5/24

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The Internet Archive has a nice collection of historical Fair Radio catalogs:

https://archive.org/details/fair-radio-sales

In the 1972 catalog, I found an offer of B7971 tubes for USD $2.95 each or 10 for USD $25. This is about USD $22 and USD $190 respectively.

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Robert G. Schaffrath

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Nov 6, 2024, 12:05:32 PM11/6/24

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I was paying USD$4.00 for used and USD$5.00 for NOS from Meshna in 1979. Inflation went wild starting in 1973 with the oil embargo and sudden rise in energy prices. I had gotten board with two tubes from Poly-Paks around 1977 for I believe USD$8.00. It was a lot of money for a guy with a paper route. By 1979 I had a summer job between 11th and 12th grade so was earning more money.

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