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From: dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell)
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Subject: Re: sources for IR scope tubes
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Date: 8 Aug 90 19:44:25 GMT
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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