[BARC-List] Hypothetical scenario

[Steve Isenberg]

This is an interesting discussion (I could say I'm having a blast reading it,
but that would be trite!), but I have to admit that I'm not familiar with all
of the terms you've used.  Could you expand on these:

HW8
Gonset
1/R (assume this relates to further away you are; but what is R)
OTH (over the hill, referring to old equipment, maybe?)
LOS (loss of service?)

Also, with regard to Faraday cage, I know what this is. What would it take to
build or create one?  Is it practical to do in one's basement, or a room in
the house, etc?

Thank you.
-steve isenberg, n1tmq

--- William Ricker <wdr at theworld.com> wrote:
> > What are the realistic
> > affects of an EMP generator?   How long would the effects last?   What
> > areas of the spectrum would be affected?   Could an EMP generator provide
> > long-lasting disruption, or only only short-term?
> 
> This is easily researched on Google, but I can give an unclassified summary,
> since that's all I ever got.
> 
> The EMP itself is a ultra broadband pulse, like the static crash of a
> lightning bolt without the lightning. Not quite DC to daylight but close
> enuf.
> 
> Primary effect is that transistors become used fuses. Tubes are immune, so
> save your HW8's and CD Gonset's for use after WW3 :-)
> 
> Full faraday cage is protection, if you can afford one.
> 
> Radios you expect to use after EMP attack must be proof against direct
> lightning hit: off, all cabling disconnected (even no mic or key) and not
> even near long wires. In the go kit may be safe, if broken down as above or
> metal can.
> 
> Land based generated EMP will fall off as 1/R, since it's a voltage
> phenomenon not power, but OTH will lose VHF+ components rapidly as well, so
> near-LOS. Only open source large area generator is exoatmospheric nuclear
> blast; is it Chernenkov radiation at edge of atmos that generates the
> widespread EMP in that scenario?
> 
> All open source EMP generators have a long recycle time, but it usually only
> takes one hit anyway.
> 
> 
> 73 Bill
> 
> ---
> William Ricker wdr at theworld.com
> 
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