Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,comp.misc Subject: Re: EMP Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:43:54 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 38 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="25599"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19sNstkD8YWkS7VKgKAvltt" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vjjztM5LAOrVLj9w2GuZCer0CbY= Xref: csiph.com uk.radio.amateur:253750 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:26315 comp.misc:9600 In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Tom wrote: > On 11/18/2015 1:55 AM, AndyW wrote: >> On 17/11/2015 18:30, gareth wrote: >>> Those who were self-taught to the exclusion of sideband and sidetone >>> are no doubt unaware that in the event of a nuclear detonation that an >>> EMP >>> will melt the RF amps in their RXs because of the amount of power that >>> their antennae will pick up? >> >> It is not just the RF amps. >> The EMP is a high power broadband RF pulse that will turn almost any bit >> of wire regardless of length into an antenna and so fry any small scale >> electronics that it attaches to. >> Any electronics that is not in a Faraday cage is at risk if it is in a >> high power region of the pulse. >> >> Andy >> > > I think the EMP damage would depend on the size of the bomb, the > distance from the bomb, and the type of nuclear weapon used. There are > enough variables here to make it difficult to estimate the threat. > > I don't know, are thermonuclear weapons capable of producing a larger > EMP? Just guessing on the blast produced I would say they would do more > damage. Again, that is only a guess. Do neutron bombs produce more or > less EMP? If you are close enough to a neutron bomb to experience the EMP, it is irrelevant as you will be dead anyway. If you really want to know about nuclear EMP, read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse -- Jim Pennino