[Elecraft] EMP radio

[Doug Turnbull]

Kevin and company, 
    You have done it and some how added another item to the Elecraft list of
upgrades.   I have a friend, K1VGF who use to work in nuclear safety and he
tells me that the military does indeed keep communications equipment
protected from EMP but who wants to go there - not me.   I am glad that
Elecraft has stuck with the humble ham market at which they excel as once
involved with the military their energies will be otherwise directed.
Sometimes I think that America would be more successful in manufacturing and
export if her engineers paid more attention to the civil market and in
saying this I am most definitely not being critical of a strong military.
In Europe Germany with her low military profile has the most successful
export industry.

     I am being selfish and do not want others to take this company away
from us.   Some old timers still moan the loss of Drake to television.   The
2B was a great receiver in its day even rivaling the Collins 75A4 and
beating that beautiful work of engineering when it came to bang for buck.
I am so happy with Elecraft that I purchased a second K3 and will be
clearing out other radios from the shack.   I note still more of the better
CQ WPX contesters using K3s.   That little K1 looks like fun and the KX3
should be an easy one to operate for any K3 user.   Guess I am being too
much of a booster and Sinclair Lewis might have something to say about this.

               73 Doug EI2CN

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
Sent: 31 May 2011 21:18
To: R. Kevin Stover
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] EMP radio

Semaphore from mountain tops would be a low-cost alternative, and  
you'd get plenty of exercise, too. Back to the 18th century....

Wayne
N6KR

On May 31, 2011, at 1:13 PM, R. Kevin Stover wrote:

> The military can afford it.
> Very few hams that I know would be able to.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 31 May 2011 13:01:10 -0700
> Roland Whitsitt <n5vwn at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if anybody has considered a modern day transceiver that is
>> resistant to an emp event, either solar or manmade. One good solar
>> emp and only the old timers will be on the air with their tube rigs.
>> Wonder if the military thinks about these things. Hmmmm. de n5vwm
>>
>
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>
>
> -- 
> R. Kevin Stover
> AC0H
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