On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:30:57 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The Soviets used tubes in their electronics back then. >because their available industrial resources couldn't >make and support solid-state electronics of the type needed.
>They could have imported all the solid-state devices needed, >but they decided it was more important not to become >dependent on foreign technology. The reason that I heard was that tube technology was far more EMP-survivable than the solid-state designs of the time. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
