[Elecraft] Your thoughts on EMP and protecting K3/K2

[Wes Stewart]

Replace all of the solid state stuff with vacuum tubes.

Some of the ways semiconductors are affected are noted here:

http://www.mse.vt.edu/faculty/hendricks/mse4206/projects97/group02/effects.htm

In some tactical missiles, single events are dealt with with nuclear event detectors (NED) that shut down critical circuits gracefully.  One of the bigger worries is voltage regulators which when upset of course quit regulating, which can cause multiple failures.



--- On Sat, 3/14/09, Bill Maddock <n4zi96 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Bill Maddock <n4zi96 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Your thoughts on EMP and protecting K3/K2
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 12:43 PM
> With things ramping up internationally and talk
> of possibility of either nucleur strike or dirty bombs,
> what would be best way of protecting our gear? I know
> that the radios are pretty tight for keeping signals
> out and I have a very good ground system here. What
> else can be done to protect our gear. 
> 
> Thanks and 73,
> 
> Bill N4ZI
> 
> 
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