On 12 Dec 2006 09:54:50 -0800, julian814 wrote in . com:

Yukio YANO wrote:
TUBES!! Tubes? Off of Battery, 6 Volt?, Vibrator? Inverter? 12 Volt B+
tubes ? Not since the 1950s ?
Am I reading too much between the lines ?

Yes, tubes. I have some that were pulled from circa 1960's television
sets, and I thought I'd use them, hoping that they'd be EMP resistant.
Been on kind of a survivalist kick, lately. Doesn't mean I'd be opposed
to using more modern equipment, though. One thing I saw that I liked in
one of the books I purchased was a loop antenna that uses transistors
to amplify the signal. Thought it might be easier than stringing up a
lot of wire. ;-)

But the transistors almost certainly will be fried by EMP. If that's
not a concern, then by all means try it -- and share the design and
results with us, please!

--
Mike Andrews, W5EGO

Tired old sysadmin