(13 December 2018, 09:13)Chief Broom Wrote: Charles Harris- thanks for that very comprehensive reply, im thinking of getting a new VW transporter sometime and hopefully it wont be rendered into an expensive chicken coop! Midnitemo-cheers for the info, I will still look for a cg as theyre so frugal and could be very useful even if [as CH] says the emp threat might not be as destructive as thought.
I'm not sure if this would be a viable plan in UK, but the makes and models of cars, SUVs and light trucks commonly used for police cars, fire department mobile command posts, ambulances, and disaster response utlitity vehicles all have shielded and hardened electrical systems to avoid RF interference from public safety 2-way radio, fleet management and tracking systems, license plate scanners, radar, GPS, mobile data terminals used for dispatching and the like. A fire department supervisor's SUV or a marked police cruiser typically has as many as six antennas on it, operating on multiple bands, low-band and high-band VHF, UHF and microwave. For all those RF emitters not to shut down the vehicle, the electrical systems have to be hardened fairly substantially.
In my county fire, police and public works vehicles were taken out of service and auctioned every 6-7 years. Of course all the electronic toys, bells and whistles are removed, and the decals stripped off, but they make a great platform to set up as a small camper vehicle equipped with mobile ham radio, satellite TV and Internet as well as having a small frig, bar, dining table and cooktop. A friend had an amulance outfitted with a loo, shower with solar heated water tank on the roof.
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