Re: EMP

From	jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups	uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.antenna, comp.misc
Subject	Re: EMP
Date	2015-11-17 23:12 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<croshc-vs2.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink)
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In rec.radio.amateur.antenna rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/17/2015 5:38 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> In rec.radio.amateur.antenna rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/17/2015 4:56 PM, Wayne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "gareth"  wrote in message news:n2frkm$b7j$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, in the light of the events in Paris last Friday, and
>>>>> previously the attack
>>>>> on the World Trade Centre on 11/9  the costly and
>>>>> unnecessary nuclear deterrent doesn't seem to be working awfully well,
>>>>> does it?
>>>>
>>>> It is indeed a mess, and I'm doing my own part to be prepared.
>>>>
>>>> However that includes some options not available to you.  Example:  a
>>>> few semiautomatic rifles, pistols and several thousand rounds.
>>>
>>> Then what do you do the second day?
>>
>> Reload.
> 
> John Brown tried that...
 
Nope, John Brown was fighting his own war against the US government; a
totally different thing from citizens resisting terrorism.

A better analogy would be the local farmers, shopkeepers, and militia
that pinned down Brown and his troops in the Harpers Ferry Armory
until the Marines arrived.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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  Re: EMP Fred Roberts <foo@bar.com> - 2015-11-17 19:10 +0000
    Re: EMP Rambo <Rambo@thisaintreal.org> - 2015-11-17 19:16 +0000
      Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 20:10 +0000
        Re: EMP roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2015-11-17 21:03 +0000
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              Re: EMP roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2015-11-18 00:31 +0000
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            Re: EMP roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2015-11-18 00:31 +0000
              Re: EMP Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2015-11-18 01:19 +0000
                Re: EMP "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-11-18 11:23 +0000
              Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 02:07 +0000
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            Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 02:09 +0000
            Re: EMP Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2015-11-18 09:01 +0000
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    Re: EMP Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2015-11-17 20:40 +0000
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          Re: EMP "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-11-19 04:40 +0000
            Re: EMP "FranK Turner-Smith G3VKI" <g3vKi@turner-smith.uK> - 2015-11-19 20:35 +0000
  Re: EMP "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-11-17 21:02 +0000
  Re: EMP "Wayne" <mygarbagecan@verizon.net> - 2015-11-17 13:56 -0800
    Re: EMP rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 17:30 -0500
      Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 22:38 +0000
        Re: EMP rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 17:53 -0500
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            Re: EMP rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 23:36 -0500
              Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 06:03 +0000
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              Re: EMP "Wayne" <mygarbagecan@verizon.net> - 2015-11-18 08:13 -0800
                Re: EMP rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 11:39 -0500
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    Re: EMP Tom <donotreply@nothere.net> - 2015-11-19 19:12 -0600
      Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-20 02:43 +0000
  Re: EMP "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2015-11-21 18:54 +0000

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