[Blueflag]

And I read that you need to disconnect the car battery while stored. I guess to keep it from being ‘blown’ by the pulse? Not sure I believe that, but I am not a EE either!

[familyop]

"And I read that you need to disconnect the car battery while stored. I guess to keep it from being ‘blown’ by the pulse?"

Well, there could be two problems from an EMP from outside the atmosphere, although I'm a little rusty on exactly how it works. ...very wide band involved. One problem would be common/frame parts of circuits spiked with AC, IIRC--reverse of the usual potential. Would a ground line and rod dump enough wild AC electrons under an EMP strike? I don't remember. The other problem would be microwaving of components. Imagine a vehicle inside of a giant microwave oven, or a vehicle in the focus area of a huge sending antenna. ...not enough duration to burn us but maybe enough to do some damage to components.

I'm interested in radio stuff but received more education on computers, putting prototype circuits together and residential building tech. I'm not an engineer, either, but I do like to follow some of their work.