Shock Wave Damage?

[Jon]

I've always wanted to pick up stations in Pittsburgh
69 miles away, so I got an FM antenna and put it up.
However I needed a receiver with an external
antenna connection. I found an old Pioneer tuner at
a second hand shop, but when I got home I realized
it needed an amplifier. I took an old portable radio
apart and connected the Pioneer output into the
portable radio on a couple of connections around the
volume knob, and it seemed to amplify pretty good,
so now everything is up and running.

My system uses old electronics. There aren't any
microchips in anything. However, there are large
transistors, resistors and so on. My question is,
are the older components more resistant to an
electromagnetic shock wave from a nuclear blast,
than microchips? Does a shock wave permanently
damage chips, or just temporarily incapacitate them?
Does a shock wave damage the old large
transistors?

 

[CWatters]

"Jon" <jon8338@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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My system uses old electronics. There aren't any
microchips in anything. However, there are large
transistors, resistors and so on. My question is,
are the older components more resistant to an
electromagnetic shock wave from a nuclear blast,
than microchips?

Well my guess is that in the event of a nuclear blast the loss of a radio
will be the least of your worries however....

My limited understanding is that an EMP generates fields large enough to
cause arcing in chain-link fence and similar metalic structures. At those
levels descrete transistors won't be significantly more robust than
microchips - everything will fry, possibly even the wire in the speaker,
battery etc.

I did hear of a story that the Russian used valves in the radios of their
fighter aircraft as an anti EMP measure - but I believe this to be untrue -
I believe they used them because they didn't have suitable transistors at
the time.

 

[Jerry G.]

All semiconductors will be damaged from any EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse), if
it is strong enough. I would think that if you were in an area that had an
EMP strong enough to damage any type of electronic apparatus, you would not
have to worry about it for eternity!

Testing found that the tube type circuits are more robust for EMP exposure,
but if the EMP is strong enough, they will also be damaged. If it is intense
enough even the wiring, and a some metal parts will also melt, or burn up.

I am curious... What brought this type of question up???

--

Greetings,

Jerry Greenberg
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"Jon" <jon8338@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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I've always wanted to pick up stations in Pittsburgh
69 miles away, so I got an FM antenna and put it up.
However I needed a receiver with an external
antenna connection. I found an old Pioneer tuner at
a second hand shop, but when I got home I realized
it needed an amplifier. I took an old portable radio
apart and connected the Pioneer output into the
portable radio on a couple of connections around the
volume knob, and it seemed to amplify pretty good,
so now everything is up and running.

My system uses old electronics. There aren't any
microchips in anything. However, there are large
transistors, resistors and so on. My question is,
are the older components more resistant to an
electromagnetic shock wave from a nuclear blast,
than microchips? Does a shock wave permanently
damage chips, or just temporarily incapacitate them?
Does a shock wave damage the old large
transistors?

 

[Myron Samila]

"CWatters" <colin.watters@pandoraBOX.be> wrote in message
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"Jon" <jon8338@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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My system uses old electronics. There aren't any
microchips in anything. However, there are large
transistors, resistors and so on. My question is,
are the older components more resistant to an
electromagnetic shock wave from a nuclear blast,
than microchips?

Well my guess is that in the event of a nuclear blast the loss of a radio
will be the least of your worries however....

I'd have to agree.... . But how did the EMP generator work in the movie Matrix to stop
the sentinels and not take out the ship or any other nearby ships ........ LOL... hehe I
guess if you were still connected in the "Matrix", you couldn't use the EMP.

--
Myron Samila
Toronto, ON Canada
Samila Racing
http://204.101.251.229/myronx19

 

[CWatters]

"Jerry G." <jerryg50@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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All semiconductors will be damaged from any EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse),
if
it is strong enough.

Not to mention people who have gold teeth or any other metal in their body?