To: ExSoldier
Problem with most radios is that the electromagnetic pulse from the bomb will fry the silicon. A battery powered tube radio would be nice, as well as lots of batteries because those things are battery hungry.
240 posted on
06/25/2005 4:31:26 AM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Problem with most radios is that the electromagnetic pulse from the bomb will fry the silicon.That poses an interesting question: Would EMP also fry a radio that was powered by a hand crank? If it's components were microchips, I'm betting yes.
241 posted on
06/25/2005 7:13:43 AM PDT by
ExSoldier
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