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   From: gsm@mendelson.com   
      
   Patrick Turner wrote:   
   > But good luck with you quest. You'll definately need +60dB of that.   
      
   Patrick, I too was going to write something like that, but you did far   
   better than I could.   
      
   The point that was buried in his original posting was that he is building   
   an "EMP-PROOF" radio to sell to the survivalist market.   
      
   Personally I think it is a fools errand, you can't build a modern radio   
   similar to the high performing ones of the past at a cost anyone will pay,   
   since in comparison, you can buy any one of the many old radios that will do,   
   pay a professional to refurbish and align it, and buy several lifetimes worth   
   of spare parts for far less.   
      
   Not only that but radio collecting is a well known and liked hobby, nobody is   
   going to take a second look at that old transoceanic on your shelf, but   
   many would flip out seeing any firearm.   
      
   If you are paranoid, you an even find stores in many places where you can buy   
   a refurbished radio for cash and leave a fake name and address.   
      
   Geoff.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM   
   My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-(   
      
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