[R-390] EMP vs Tube Gear

[Mark Huss]

Only for Ground bursts or Air bursts below about 5 miles. A 60 to 100 
mile high burst with a ten KT warhead would take out a five hundred to 
thousand mile radius, depending. Remember, one particularly nasty emp 
pulse most people do not consider are the Power Lines. The spikes can 
cause arc shorts in transformers, as well as taking out those rectifier 
diodes.when it does. If Ltl-Kim ever gets the No-Dong missile (somebody 
really needs to talk to his PR Dept about those names) to work right, he 
should be able to take out the coast west of the Rockies.
P.S. I have been told that a suborbital burst is quite a sight from 2500 
miles at night. And even with tube gear, it will kill the Ionosphere for 
an hour or so. Then the 'ringing' means CW is about the only 
understandable mode. (Witness in Johnson Island during a high-altitude 
burst over Bikini Atol.)

James A. (Andy) Moorer wrote:
> If you are close enough to a nuclear blast that EMP is an issue, I 
> submit that the survivability of your radio will be the least of your 
> problems.
>
> The EMP halo does extend past the zone of immediate vaporization, but 
> not a lot. Chances are good you will die a long and lingering death 
> from radiation poisoning while trying to tune your radio.
>
> James A. (Andy) Moorer
> www.jamminpower.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Perry Sandeen wrote:
>>
>>> 1. That after an EMP, listening to the radio will be important.
>>> 2. That there will be something to listen too.
>>>
>
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