If you're going to work CW, you can get by with an even simpler radio. That's a veritable ultra high tech beast compared to the ancient homebrew stuff people used to build.

Arney, that has ICs, so it should be toasted by an EMP. You'll have to move back to vacuum tubes to get something pulse-proof. That would be one hell of a cool Altoids tin, with tubes poking out the top. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />