The Value of Kit-Building (OT)

[Edward A. Dauer]

FWIW, my wife has developed an algorithm for calculating the value of
radio kit-building.  I told her yesterday that I had just ordered the
K2/100.  She asked ³How much?² I confessed that with all the accessories
and add-ons and the shipping, it was about $1,700.  Then she asked, ³How
long will it take you to build it?"  I told her that the reviews I read
said about  30-40 hours, so for me it would likely be about 80.  She then
reflected on the fact that our 8-year old grandson builds twenty dollar
Leggo kits in about two hours; thirty dollar kits in about three; and so
on more or less linearly.  So, she said, ³It costs about $10 an hour to
amuse him.  For you it¹s about $21."
 

Impeccable logic.
 

Ted, KN1CBR

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[Ian]

Brilliant!
73, Ian N8IK

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FWIW, my wife has developed an algorithm for calculating the value of radio
kit-building.  I told her yesterday that I had just ordered the K2/100.  She
asked ³How much?² I confessed that with all the accessories and add-ons and
the shipping, it was about $1,700.  Then she asked, ³How long will it take
you to build it?"  I told her that the reviews I read said about  30-40
hours, so for me it would likely be about 80.  She then reflected on the
fact that our 8-year old grandson builds twenty dollar Leggo kits in about
two hours; thirty dollar kits in about three; and so on more or less
linearly.  So, she said, ³It costs about $10 an hour to amuse him.  For you
it¹s about $21."
 

Impeccable logic.
 

Ted, KN1CBR

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[Phil Wheeler-2]

Ted,

Good analysis, but I do wonder about the input
data. Of course, I don't know what options you
have. But it could take you longer to build it. If
you stretch the fun out to 160 hours, you'll be
close to the $10 an hour she's using as a baseline
:-)  That way you can convince her that the money
is, indeed, well-spent!

73, Phil W7OX

On 9/8/15 11:59 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:

> FWIW, my wife has developed an algorithm for calculating the value of
> radio kit-building.  I told her yesterday that I had just ordered the
> K2/100.  She asked ³How much?² I confessed that with all the accessories
> and add-ons and the shipping, it was about $1,700.  Then she asked, ³How
> long will it take you to build it?"  I told her that the reviews I read
> said about  30-40 hours, so for me it would likely be about 80.  She then
> reflected on the fact that our 8-year old grandson builds twenty dollar
> Leggo kits in about two hours; thirty dollar kits in about three; and so
> on more or less linearly.  So, she said, ³It costs about $10 an hour to
> amuse him.  For you it¹s about $21."
>  
>
> Impeccable logic.
>  
>
> Ted, KN1CBR

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