Posted: 1/8/2014 10:44:29 AM EDT
Just bought an emergency radio to put in my prep gear and was wondering what kind of shielding I can do to protect it from any ;possible ( EMP ) 
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I was told it doesn't have to be plugged in to be effected. Is this wrong ? Quoted:
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Set it on the shelf, not plugged in. I was told it doesn't have to be plugged in to be effected. Is this wrong ? Who knows what you were told, there is so much ridiculousness about the pure fantasy of "EMP" that it's beyond measure. If you're close enough to a nuclear detonation to be affected by EMP you have way more serious problems to deal with, like the primary burns and the blast wave that's going to turn you into hamburger in about half a second. High altitude large-area EMP and solar flare events require very long conductors to pick up significant currents. So if you're not connected to the electrical grid its likely not going to be a problem. The SHTF fantasy of all electronics exploding simultaneously is just that, fantasy. To even generate a high altitude EMP that would effect the power grid is beyond the technical capabilities of all but 2, maybe 3 or 4 nations of the world. 10MT+ theromonuclear weapons aren't currently in the active arsenals of any nation, and the heavy lift space launch capability to put one up to 400 miles altitude over a target nation is not trivial either. All of this already covered in the bimonthly EMP threads about whatever item someone comes up with that they think is going to be destroyed by EMP. EMP is zombies. It makes for exciting movies or fantasy novels. If you watch the movie "Trinity and Beyond" you can see the actual result of an actual high altitude, high megaton nuclear detonation on a portable radio preserved on film. Some folks are on a beach in Hawaii listening to AM radio and watch the detonation high over the Pacific, and you can hear the burst of noise and the AM signal replaced by static... which fades back to the normal programming over the course of a few seconds. |
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Who knows what you were told, there is so much ridiculousness about the pure fantasy of "EMP" that it's beyond measure. If you're close enough to a nuclear detonation to be affected by EMP you have way more serious problems to deal with. High altitude large-area EMP and solar flare events require very long conductors to pick up significant currents. So if you're not connected to the electrical grid its likely not going to be a problem. The SHTF fantasy of all electronics exploding simultaneously is just that, fantasy. To even generate a high altitude EMP that would effect the power grid is beyond the technical capabilities of all but 2, maybe 3 or 4 nations of the world. 10MT+ theromonuclear weapons aren't currently in the active arsenals of any nation, and the heavy lift space launch capability to put one up to 400 miles altitude over a target nation is not trivial either. All of this already covered in the bimonthly EMP threads about whatever item someone comes up with that they think is going to be destroyed by EMP. EMP is zombies. It makes for exciting movies or fantasy novels. If you watch the movie "Trinity and Beyond" you can see the actual result of an actual high altitude, high megaton nuclear detonation on a portable radio preserved on film. Some folks are on a beach in Hawaii listening to AM radio and watch the detonation high over the Pacific, and you can hear the burst of noise and the AM signal replaced by static... which fades back to the normal programming over the course of a few seconds. Quoted:
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Set it on the shelf, not plugged in. I was told it doesn't have to be plugged in to be effected. Is this wrong ? Who knows what you were told, there is so much ridiculousness about the pure fantasy of "EMP" that it's beyond measure. If you're close enough to a nuclear detonation to be affected by EMP you have way more serious problems to deal with. High altitude large-area EMP and solar flare events require very long conductors to pick up significant currents. So if you're not connected to the electrical grid its likely not going to be a problem. The SHTF fantasy of all electronics exploding simultaneously is just that, fantasy. To even generate a high altitude EMP that would effect the power grid is beyond the technical capabilities of all but 2, maybe 3 or 4 nations of the world. 10MT+ theromonuclear weapons aren't currently in the active arsenals of any nation, and the heavy lift space launch capability to put one up to 400 miles altitude over a target nation is not trivial either. All of this already covered in the bimonthly EMP threads about whatever item someone comes up with that they think is going to be destroyed by EMP. EMP is zombies. It makes for exciting movies or fantasy novels. If you watch the movie "Trinity and Beyond" you can see the actual result of an actual high altitude, high megaton nuclear detonation on a portable radio preserved on film. Some folks are on a beach in Hawaii listening to AM radio and watch the detonation high over the Pacific, and you can hear the burst of noise and the AM signal replaced by static... which fades back to the normal programming over the course of a few seconds. Thanks for the education I big time appreciate it .... |