[Elecraft] Question from a newbie > noise blanker

[David Wilburn]

There are two different types of night vision.  Light amplification and 
thermal imaging.  Since the power company used IR to find the problem, 
the devices used were likely thermal imaging devices.  Light amplifiers 
must have some light to work, and I don't believe they pick up thermal 
emissions.  Many consumer devices are light amplifiers.

David Wilburn
dave.wilburn at verizon.net
K4DGW
K2 #5982


Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:
> Fred,
> Was this at night? Do you think consumer grade ones would work?
> Tnx es 73,
> Leigh/WA5ZNU
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:58 am, Fred Jensen wrote:
>> Night vision goggles work quite well in some cases.  I mentioned it to 
>> a friend in the Guard and the 1st Sgt at the local armory decided to 
>> have a short training session.  The troops spotted the two perpetrator 
>> insulators within 2 mins just by looking around.  PG&E came out with 
>> their IR device in about a week, and it was fixed tFred K6DGW
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