This is an ongoing program so you may submit suggestions to
programs@lifeboat.com.
Lifeboat Foundation CommPreserver
By the Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory Board.
OVERVIEW
CommPreserver explores new communication technology for surviving
existential events. Areas that this program will cover are:
- EMP - Hardening computer/comm assets (shielding)
and low-vulnerability electronics (using tubes instead of
semiconductors).
- Redundant systems including amateur radio communications
run by volunteer organizations such as
ARES.
- Solar power electrical generation including solar power from
space.
Let us know what other areas should be covered!
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Colored version of illustrations from the 1994 U.S. Army report
ADA278230,
Nuclear Environment Survivability. The mechanism is for a
400 km high altitude burst EMP: gamma rays hit the atmosphere between
20-40 km altitude, ejecting electrons which are then deflected sideways
by the earth's magnetic field. This makes the electrons radiate EMP
over a massive area. Because of the curvature of earth's magnetic field
over the USA, the maximum EMP occurs south of the detonation and the
minimum occurs to the north. |
RESOURCES
Amateur Radio Disaster
Services (ARDS) and Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
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