[R-390] EMP

[Steve Toth]

Not so paranoid - from what I learned in SAC in the Air Force, multiple timed strikes would be the plan.  It's actually pretty scary stuff with both sides involved in the same strategy.








-- Steve 
Woodinville, WA
 

--- On Fri, 9/25/09, Richard Loken <richardlo at admin.athabascau.ca> wrote:


From: Richard Loken <richardlo at admin.athabascau.ca>
Subject: Re: [R-390] EMP
To: "Shoppa, Tim" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
Cc: "Steve Toth" <stoth47 at yahoo.com>, "r-390 at mailman.qth.net" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 11:28 AM


On Fri, 25 Sep 2009, Shoppa, Tim wrote:

> Steve asks:
>
> > So, theorectically, what would be involved in "hardening" a
> > hamshack?? (understanding that the power grid, etc., would be taken out)
...
> IMHO: Anything hooked up in any way to an antenna or the power grid
> will get fried by EMP. Anything hooked up to a piece of equipment that
> is hooked up to an antenna or the power grid will get fried by EMP.

So then the thing to do is release another EMP pulse 12 or 24 hours later
to get the stuff that had been keep locked up to protect it from EMP pulses.

Help!  The paranoids are after me!

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