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: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:34:07 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: <2ZK2y.272098$bA1.14069@fx41.am4> <44vm4b19ah0qb2e0kiimeklag15rj323qg@4ax.com> <1me1udo.1lz5df78kx41iN%roger@hayter.org> Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="31564"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/+F7BG4WsL2dL/GkURI8su" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qARuRQL2zXMNdldeOwtakKzyKs0= Xref: csiph.com uk.radio.amateur:253452 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:26267 comp.misc:9547 In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Roger Hayter wrote: > wrote: > >> In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Rambo wrote: >> > On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:10:50 +0000, Fred Roberts 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? >> >>> >> >>> 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? >> >> >> >>Well we haven't been nuked yet ;-) >> > >> > Well the Soviet Nuclear weapon defence threat kept the Americans under >> > control for decades. >> >> As well as the Brits. > > The UK nuclear weapons are firmly under the control of the Americans > anyway, so I don't think we have them for other than ceremonial and > solidarity reasons. They're not cheap either. So if the UK were nuked, there would be no retaliation until the US allowed it? -- Jim Pennino