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Article #5527Re: sources for IR scope tubes
From: David J Bell
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 1990 19:44
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 1990 19:44
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>>Funny you should ask! >>I just got a catalog from a surplus house called JERRYCO, >>....and I noticed that they're selling a complete IR seeker head from a >>sidewinder missile (every kid should have one!). The ad says: > ******************* > Now the Feds are going to shake down that business for sure,or they're > trying too trap hardware dealers by posting in that catalog they send you. > I would stay clear from that kind of business,if I were you. > ******************* Nope... That model is apparently declassified and surplussed. I've seen them in Halted Specialties Corp, here in Sunnyvale (Si Valley). I can't see that they'd make much of an IR sight, though. The Cassegrain 'scope is a bulbous, extreme wide angle affair (the whole "nose cone"), and the detector looks like a low-resolution CCD device. There'd be a *LOT* of work involved in making evevn a poor camera... Dave dbell@cup.portal.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!dbell From: dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: sources for IR scope tubes Message-ID: <32578@cup.portal.com> Date: 8 Aug 90 19:44:25 GMT References: <26851@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <10846@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <32308@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Distribution: na Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 21