Would a transmitter or receiver based on vacuum tubes survive and work after a nuclear EMP without a Faraday cage?
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Michael
Vacuum tubes and emps
Mar 20, 2016
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Probably... provided the circuit structure itself limits current flow to non-destructive levels. ...Jim Thompson
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It's more resistant to EMP than semiconductor stuff, but a big enough event would still kill it.
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Yep. During the cold war a lot of Russian planes used tube based electronics, to withstand EMP shock.
** If by Faraday cage you mean a metal enclosure the answer is no.
EMP pulses can be up to 30kV per metre and that is lethal to electronics with any sort of cabling or antenna.
... Phil
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