[BARC-List] Re hypothetical, emp, scenario

[Dan Malloy]

I'm not sure, but this may be one use of RFID devices.  Of course, privacy 
advocates squirm at the idea of every motor vehicle having one of these for 
the potential of abuse, but it would give your car a unique code.  This 
would be more accurate than, "in persuit of 1999 Mazda."  This device would 
be too simple, and bring every Mazda on the freeway to a grinding halt.  If 
the officer entered Mass. reg. AB 1234, the DMV would find which car has 
that plate, as with an ordinary stop, get the VIN and the RFID code, and 
that could work on that and only that car, not through EMP, but an ordinary 
RF signal with that car's unique code to shut it down.  EMP would fry every 
semiconductor in range- diodes, transistors, FETs, and all computer chips. 
You're screwed if they used that device on the Central Artery while passing 
your building- thousands of computers down and millions of dollars lost for 
one traffic stop.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k1nun at netscape.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 12:33 PM
Subject: [BARC-List] Re hypothetical, emp, scenario


> Recently on TV I saw a new tool being developed for the police arsenal. 
> This is an EMP-like device (they did not use the term on tv, of course) 
> that could be tuned to a specific frequency for each specific model of 
> auto it would be designed for. Thus, if a certain type of Ford is under 
> pursuit, it could be stopped by inducing electrical failure, and the 
> nearby Toyota would be unimpaired.
>
> But as to that old vacuum tube gear being still workable, that's if you 
> can get electricity. Even your gas generator may have diodes in its 
> controller circuit, and those could turned int silicon lumps.
>
> And to Steve I's question, the HW8 is an old Heathkit QRP transceiver (ran 
> about 2 watts on three bands), and Gonset was a manufacturer of tubed gear 
> in the 50s and 60s. Gonset made Civil Defense radios that some Hams now 
> collect and use on VHF bands (and I use a Gonset HF transceiver for aulde 
> tyme's sake).
>
> 73,
> ERIC
> K1NUN
>
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