Ham radio - post collapse

Michael_Myers

See link below from another forum-

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057003314/1/#post85912156

martinedwards

yes but bear i mind t5hat if the end of society is brought about by a nuclear strike, then the EMF burst will have fried all the ICs

so basically any radio made after about 1970 will be toast

if it hasn't got valves, you'll be shouting!

smcgiff

^^ Even if they are not switched on at the time of the blasts?

Just when I thought my dad's old 2m radios might be worth something.

watty

Being switched off is no help.

In a sealed metal box or wrapped in a couple of layers of cooking foil might save it.

The EMP fries the transistors as easily as ICs, some are more vulnerable. If your radio uses valves and the aerial is connected and EMP near enough it can fry the heaters/filaments too

But the Syrians and Iranians don't have Nukes yet nor long enough range for here and N. Korea don't have ICBMs.

martinedwards

Why the apocalype bull anyway?

ever since Mad Max everyone knows that a Nuclear war isn't worth the hassle....

I mean, wearing a leather jacket in the Oz outback?

crazy!

Tabnabs

As watty says, Faraday cage should insure against nasty apocalyptic EMP type events.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/faraday-cage.htm

watty

It won't be the Norks, Chinese, Russians, Iranians etc ...
But Outsourced Banking software that collapses civilisation.

So it's the generator, 20,000 litre fuel dump, food, water, chemical toilet /septic tank etc. Hmm that's why 400,000 premises have septic tanks.

martinedwards

No, it's because thay don't have a nearby sewer.