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50 Years Ago, These Were the Ads in 73
15 March 2016 | by 
They say the days are long, but the decades are short. It’s hard to appreciate how far we’ve come in fifty years — both in terms of technology and prices!
Here are a few of the ads from the March, 1966 issue of 73 Magazine. Enjoy the walk down memory lane!
And I can’t help but end with one of 73’s famous letters to the often-right and always-funny Wayne Green, W2NSD, SK:
6 Responses to “50 Years Ago, These Were the Ads in 73”
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Man, I miss Poly Paks.
Maybe you already knew this, but every issue of 73 Magazine has been scanned and made available on the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/73-magazine
Thanks, Dave! That’s a great resource and I meant to share the link.
You’re making me feel old Matt….seems just like last week :-((
Steve 73
Sorry, Steve! 🙂
AH yesteryear.. To d memories since 1952
Jerry w3cde
I never knew you could get a KW amplifier for $99, from HeathKit.
The power supply was $90, though.