No, the military is not using tubes except for the occasional TWT high
power amplifier.
When specified for EMP military gear will take it.
Dave WX7G
On Jul 31, 2012 2:23 PM, <jcjacobsen@q.com> wrote:
>
> Darl got zapped by an EMP from the Air Force testing range............
>
> Darl: Sounds like a good case for tube type, boat anchors.......... No
> menus, no microprocessors, no solid state. After all, the military keeps
> going back to it from what I've heard. Sand storms in the Middle East
> causing static buildup and taking out the front ends of the latest and
> greatest microprocessor gear. (Sorry, I couldn't resist!! )
>
> Time for a Faraday cage around the radio room?????
>
> Good luck........ you just may need lots of it.
>
> 73 K9WN Jake
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