XPost: rec.radio.shortwave   
   From: detritus@ix.netcom.com   
      
   "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   SS sets are cheap and easily obtainable.   
      
   Even a Happy Harry Home-owner type can cheaply build a   
   small Faraday cage to keep one in, if anticipating an EMP.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   You'd better invest in a generator and a supply of petrol, too...   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Your friends are all hoplophobes?   
      
   Why would anyone "flip out" when seeing a firearm?   
   Hell, I have one in my pocket right now, and I can see   
   two more from where I'm sitting. They don't look all   
   that spooky to me.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Huh?   
      
   Where are you posting from? Why would anyone need to   
   leave his name and address - fake or otherwise - when   
   purchasing a radio?   
      
      
   Got guns?   
      
   Lord Valve   
   American - so far   
      
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