02-07-2012, 12:23 PM
@ hydrotech -
The scope alone is $1250.00 and it comes with a 3 year warranty.
Availability is better these days then in the past.
Illuminators come in all sorts of styles, you have to utilize an illuminator based on your scopes design and technology.
The pulsar is nothing more than a fancy CCTV camera (array of lenses) intergrated into a shooting scope. It is not light sensitive, meaning that you can use it in the daytime and it will not burn up the device, so I say that to say this, you could use a spotlight as an illuminator with the pulsar (one of those $35.00 6 million candlewatt
jobers) with excellent results. Here is a video I captured with the Pulsar and a spotlight with a 17.00 IR pass filter from Ebay
[video=youtube;DzOxoM9YUOs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzOxoM9YUOs[/video]
With regards to spotlights:
Do the otters scare when lights are shone on them?
If you were to setup a light around the pond (condition them to it) would they carry on as usual?
An IR pass filter does nothing more than "knock down" the visible light and allow the IR light to work for the application.
Going Stealth:
The IR (infrared) illuminator casts light in the non-visible spectrum to the human eye however nightvision devices can "see" the light just fine. They come in all shapes and sizes and intensities as well as frequencies. The pulsar makes the best use out of IR illuminator in the ~800nm range.
A couple of things to consider on IR illuminators: what distance will you need illumination out to \ what power supply is required to run the illuminator \ what setup is best for the application.
MOST illuminators are weapons mounted and you align the IR beam to your scopes field of view and presto you are "hot" with the image. Downside is most weapons mounted options have a max range of 150 yards. The best weapons mounted light for the $$$ is the TNVC "Da Torch".
MOST illuminators run on standard batteries onboard to the illuminator , sort of like a flashlight. Some of the larger more robust illuminators such as the one I am using require 12 - 24 volt current or A/C power. I wired up a couple of 12 volt deer feeder batteries in a 24 volt configuration, I integrated an on/off switch to save battery power. Works for me.
SOME guys go with both a weapons mounted illuminator for the quick and dirty work up close and then have a fixed setup on a known baited area for the traditional hunting configuration.
Illuminators run from about $ 250.00 to $1200.00 bucks depending on what you like....
Hope this helps, again all the above is specific to the Pulsar scope - setting up and using illuminators with Gen 1 / 2 / 3 type nightvision (green tubes) is much different and an illuminator can actually burn/kill your scope. The nightvision forum under the armory section of AR15. C O M is actually a good place to learn up on various technologies.
BB
The scope alone is $1250.00 and it comes with a 3 year warranty.
Availability is better these days then in the past.
Illuminators come in all sorts of styles, you have to utilize an illuminator based on your scopes design and technology.
The pulsar is nothing more than a fancy CCTV camera (array of lenses) intergrated into a shooting scope. It is not light sensitive, meaning that you can use it in the daytime and it will not burn up the device, so I say that to say this, you could use a spotlight as an illuminator with the pulsar (one of those $35.00 6 million candlewatt
jobers) with excellent results. Here is a video I captured with the Pulsar and a spotlight with a 17.00 IR pass filter from Ebay
[video=youtube;DzOxoM9YUOs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzOxoM9YUOs[/video]
With regards to spotlights:
Do the otters scare when lights are shone on them?
If you were to setup a light around the pond (condition them to it) would they carry on as usual?
An IR pass filter does nothing more than "knock down" the visible light and allow the IR light to work for the application.
Going Stealth:
The IR (infrared) illuminator casts light in the non-visible spectrum to the human eye however nightvision devices can "see" the light just fine. They come in all shapes and sizes and intensities as well as frequencies. The pulsar makes the best use out of IR illuminator in the ~800nm range.
A couple of things to consider on IR illuminators: what distance will you need illumination out to \ what power supply is required to run the illuminator \ what setup is best for the application.
MOST illuminators are weapons mounted and you align the IR beam to your scopes field of view and presto you are "hot" with the image. Downside is most weapons mounted options have a max range of 150 yards. The best weapons mounted light for the $$$ is the TNVC "Da Torch".
MOST illuminators run on standard batteries onboard to the illuminator , sort of like a flashlight. Some of the larger more robust illuminators such as the one I am using require 12 - 24 volt current or A/C power. I wired up a couple of 12 volt deer feeder batteries in a 24 volt configuration, I integrated an on/off switch to save battery power. Works for me.
SOME guys go with both a weapons mounted illuminator for the quick and dirty work up close and then have a fixed setup on a known baited area for the traditional hunting configuration.
Illuminators run from about $ 250.00 to $1200.00 bucks depending on what you like....
Hope this helps, again all the above is specific to the Pulsar scope - setting up and using illuminators with Gen 1 / 2 / 3 type nightvision (green tubes) is much different and an illuminator can actually burn/kill your scope. The nightvision forum under the armory section of AR15. C O M is actually a good place to learn up on various technologies.
BB
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