[sci.electronics] Night Vision Goggle Help Needed

kenh@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Ken Hillen) (03/09/91)

A friend of mine needs some help modifying a product to be compatable with
"Night Vision Goggles".  These are the things military and night-rescue
pilots wear to see at night.  The product has a EL-backlit LCD display.  He is
willing to hire someone as a consultant if they have demonstrated skills
in this area.  If anyone has any knowledge/experience in this area please call:

Mark Lemmon
(503) 286-4956

or email me at:
kenh@pogo.wv.tek.com

p.s. out of curiosity, how do NVGs work, and what is the wavelength of
peak sensitivity, bandwidth, etc.

lamb@brahms.udel.edu (Richard E Lamb) (03/12/91)

	I worked on with these some years back at Lenzar Optics.
	Unless your "friend" can produce a bill of sale, I'd
	consider them STOLEN!

	This IS (or at least WAS) very sensitive military technology!

robf@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (Rob Fugina) (03/13/91)

In article <19520@brahms.udel.edu> lamb@brahms.udel.edu (Richard E Lamb) writes:
>	I worked on with these some years back at Lenzar Optics.
>	Unless your "friend" can produce a bill of sale, I'd
>	consider them STOLEN!

Come on now, tsk, tsk...what ever happened to "innocent until proven
guilty?

me

lamb@brahms.udel.edu (Richard E Lamb) (03/13/91)

re: innocent until proven guilty...

what about the smoking gun?

Those things are not avalible to the public.

Ask him where he GOT them!

kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) (03/14/91)

In article <19565@brahms.udel.edu> lamb@brahms.udel.edu (Richard E Lamb) writes:
>re: innocent until proven guilty...
>
>what about the smoking gun?
>
>Those things are not avalible to the public.
>
>Ask him where he GOT them!
I don't know what kind of night vision stuff he has (I missed original
post).  But you can buy night vision goggles, cameras, lenses, etc from
Edmund Scientific ALL DAY LONG.  They are available to the public.
I have a catalog at home.

             Kent
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nagle@well.sf.ca.us (John Nagle) (03/14/91)

lamb@brahms.udel.edu (Richard E Lamb) writes:
>Those things are not avalible to the public.

     Yes, they are.  Edumund Scientific and Survival Industries both
sell them to the public.  Both first and second generation systems
are commercially available.  

					John Nagle

szarekw@lonexc.radc.af.mil (William J. Szarek) (03/14/91)

In article <19520@brahms.udel.edu> lamb@brahms.udel.edu (Richard E Lamb) writes:
>
>	I worked on with these some years back at Lenzar Optics.
>	Unless your "friend" can produce a bill of sale, I'd
>	consider them STOLEN!
>
[serious, positive, white hot flame on **********]
Oh *VERY NICE*.  So now in this land of freedom I should be required to carry
a bill of sale with me at all times for all the things I own.  Hey man your
watch, where is the bill of sale for that, is that stolen?  How about the
gas in the tank of your car, do you have a bill of sale for that? No, you
*must* have stolen it.  Probabily from our government.  Probabily to aid
you in your communist subversive activities.  In fact you are probabily a
spy.  Its good that I found you out and can now execute you before you did
any harm to our government.  
Wake the hell up dude and smell the coffee.  The govt *SELLS*  EVERYTHING.
[flame off]

I know of a dude that bought a bunch of "govt scrap at a govt auction". 
Turns out that there were some valuable (6 figures) Air craft parts that
happened to be in the lot he bought.  He paid $75 for the entire lot.  The
govt bought back the aircraft parts for (5 figures) and decided it got a
good deal.  I am very familiar with Govt auctions and other programs designed
to get something back out of equipment that is no longer usefull (for whatever
reason).  I am an amateur radio operator and a MARS member.  I am entitled
to pick up surplus equipment from the govt.  It is all in my house, legally,
I use it for electronic repair, amateur, and MARS operations.  I don't have
a single recipt.  That doesn't *prove* it isn't mine it just proves that
I don't have a recipt!

peace
buzz

ron@vicorp.com (Ron Peterson) (03/15/91)

In article <19565@brahms.udel.edu> lamb@brahms.udel.edu (Richard E Lamb) writes:
>re: innocent until proven guilty...
>
>what about the smoking gun?
>
>Those things are not avalible to the public.
>
>Ask him where he GOT them!

They sell them for a few thousand in the Edmund Scientific catalog.  Both
IR and light amplification types.
ron@vicorp.com or uunet!vicorp!ron