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VALVE PRE AMPLIFIERS AND NUCLEAR WOODPECKERS

Posted by STEVE M on

VALVE PRE AMPLIFIERS AND NUCLEAR WOODPECKERS

Well beat me on the bottom with a rolled up BVWS bulletin and call me Edna, just look at this.  When have you ever seen a Chernobyl pre amplifier.   I'll bet this thermionic masterpiece just radiates a sweet and mellifluous sound. As some of you may know, during  1972, the Duga-1 radio receiver, part of the Duga radar array was constructed 11 km (6.8 mi) west-northwest of Chernobyl. It was the origin of the Russian Woodpecker which allegedly, if it stopped transmitting, would herald a Soviet nuclear strike on the West. Also during 1972, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was constructed 9 miles northwest...

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