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Old April 11th 09, 10:34 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
Telamon Telamon is offline
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In article 49e044c1.3393062@chupacabra,
Bob Dobbs wrote:

Brenda Ann wrote:

3) Living outside a large city is no guarantee you're not ground zero..
there are plenty of targets in rural areas, too.


Depending on the sophistication of the attacking party,
the area of danger could be quite unpredictable.
Someone said the safest place to be if the DPRK attacks
is wherever they're aiming. g


That's good one.

I've worked in the mil electronics industry for a long time and most of
it has to pass extensive ESD, lightning, EMP testing. Any signifiant
distance from the blast zone this equipment will survive.

Same for your radios that are not plugged into either the AC mains or
antenna. Radios connected at the time to large SW antennas may not make
it. If the radio is sitting on a shelf, has a metal case and is not
connected to wiring of any sort it will survive no problem. Chances are
radios with a plastic case sitting on a shelf not connected to anything
will also survive.

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Telamon
Ventura, California