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From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: sources for IR scope tubes
Keywords: IR, video,(Big Trap)
Message-ID: <66317@coherent.coherent.com>
Date: 8 Aug 90 17:33:07 GMT
References: <26851@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <10846@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <32308@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
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In article <32308@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v105l4lg@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
> In article <10846@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, macminn@powertool.crd.ge.com (Stephen R MacMinn) writes...
> >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)
> 
> 			*******************
>      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.
> 			*******************

I wouldn't bet on it.  I've seen exactly the same IR seeker-head offered
(and advertised) for sale at a local Silicon Valley surplus-electronics
store (Haltek).  They were asking rather more $$ for it, however.

The ad stated that the IR-seeker was government surplus, perfectly legal
to own, but could not legally be exported to certain countries.

This is true of many types of computer and industrial electronics. Until
recently, IBM PC-AT machines were in this category!  In fact, I bought a
batch of Teac 155-megabyte digital tape cassettes recently, for use with
my Macintosh backup drive... and the shrink-wrap on each one stated that
it was subject to COCOM regulations and could not be exported without a
permit.