1997-09-10 - Re: EMP & Cars (fwd)

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From: “Brian B. Riley” <brianbr@together.net>
To: <cypherpunks@ssz.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-09-10 02:43:16 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:43:16 +0800

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From: "Brian B. Riley" <brianbr@together.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:43:16 +0800
To: <cypherpunks@ssz.com>
Subject: Re: EMP & Cars (fwd)
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On 9/8/97 7:00 AM, Peter Trei (trei@process.com)  passed this wisdom:

>Ham radio operators have been dealing with this issue for years. 
>There's a lot of (mostly anectodotal) stories of mobile operators
>keying up their rigs and having either their own or neighbouring
>cars misfiring or dieing. Shielded ignition cables seem to fix 
>things (though they are actually bought to prevent ignition noise 
>from getting into the radio, not the other way around).

 My 1988 Bronco II used to drop out of Cruise Control if I used 25 watts 
or more on 440 MHz FM. On the 50 watt setting at 440 MHz the engine would 
start running rough, though it never died. de ka2bqe



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