For someone who hates hams and ham radio you seem to spend alot of time
reading QST.

"Jack Painter" wrote in message
news:_OC3e.73628$7z6.51661@lakeread04...

"Larry W4CSC" wrote

I sat there shaking my head in dismay that there were those who actually
think we could survive one of the major weapons to the point where we'd
need the computer's data.....

Pretty interesting cold war article here...

Electromagnetic Pulse and the Radio Amateur
Copyright © 1986 by the American Radio Relay League, Inc. All rights
reserved.
Part 1 appears in QST August 1986, pp. 15-20, 36
(http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/88615.pdf)
Part 2 appears in QST September 1986, pp. 22-26
(http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/98622.pdf)
Part 3 appears in QST October 1986, pp. 38-41
(http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/108638.pdf)
Part 4 appears in QST November 1986, pp. 30-34
(http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/118630.pdf)

Jack