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From: macminn@powertool.crd.ge.com (Stephen R MacMinn)
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Subject: Re: sources for IR scope tubes
Keywords: IR, video
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Date: 8 Aug 90 02:58:20 GMT
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In article <26851@nigel.ee.udel.edu> cygnus@daffy.cis.udel.edu (marc cygnus) writes:
>...anyone have the beginnings of a clue where I might obtain (relatively
>inexpensively) infrared tubes suitable for building a small, portable IR
>sight?

Funny you should ask!

I just got a catalog from a surplus house called JERRYCO,
address is:
                   JERRYCO Inc.
                   601 Linden Place
                   Evanston Illinois, 60202

...and I noticed that they're selling a complete IR seeker head from a
sidewinder missile (every kid should have one!). The ad says:

AIM 9B Sidewinder heat seeking missile guidance device.  It sat in the
nose of the missile and tracked the infared "signature" of the target
via a telescopic optical unit.
  . . . (more)
Consists of a cassegrain type telescope mirror asseembly and
associated electronics including a transmitter and an interrogator.

The catalog number is 20383 and their price is $98.50

Good Luck!