On 4/1/2024 7:12 PM, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote:
And still works! Built to withstand an atomic bombardment.
Except for the EMP. It'll theoretically render such devices nice looking,
well-built scrap.
The old completely vacuum-tube-based, discrete component oscilloscope from back
in the day may actually survive such an event if it's outside the blast radius
but still reasonably sheltered; and you are also outside lethal fallout zones,
or can shelter and survive in radioactivity-safe places for a long time.
Stock up on quality-made (e.g., Tektronix, Hewlett Packard) tube and
cold-cathode-based test equipment (VTVM, oscilloscope, etc.) as well as quality
radios and transceivers. Hopefully they will continue to serve as interesting
artifacts of a time gone by, but if something were to go sideways in our world,
they could potentially come in very handy.
You do realize that in the event of such an occurrence there
would be nothing left to use them on. :-)
bill
