"AJ Lake" wrote in message
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Scott wrote:

Except the Russians. They were still using tube gear in their military
back in the mid 80s. Not susecptible to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)
from a nuke going off.

I forgot about EMP. And I guess that is a quite valid reason for using
tubes in emergency gear. I do remember that EMP was one of the things
discussed for ham emergency gear.

I'm sure that our (US) military protects for EMP, but I doubt it is by
using tube equipment. Likely something more modern. Fancy Shielding?
Perhaps you know the technology currently used?

In Desert Storm they were breaking out KWM-2a to replace radios that were
getting nailed from static in the blowing sand.