[RFI] UV vs IR binoculars for arc's on utility poles

[qrv at kd4e.com]

Would one of the cameras I see listed on ebay "Modded for ghost hunting",
specified as good for IR & UV, work?

Just curious ... David, KD4E


>
> Does everyone agree with this, that UV vision will work better than IR 
> for possibly seeing tiny arc's on utility poles?
>
> There are a lot of options out there, in a consumer price range, for 
> IR such as the Creative Night Owl binocular/camera for 189 bucks 
> targeted to mainly hunters. But for UV binoculars it seems more 
> limited. There are binoculars that specify UV and not pricey at all 
> but few that have a camera. Don't really need a camera but would be 
> neat for my webpage :-).
>
> My main source is still gone and fairly high confidence that it is 
> repaired. But a much weaker intermittent source remains and at this 
> time think its on the same pole. If I cannot see it also with my 
> current binoculars may consider one of the above.
>
> 73
>
> Chuck
> AF4O
>
> Update webpage; 
> https://www.qsl.net/af4o/Powerline%20RFI%20QSL.net%20Webpage/Arc%20Webpage.html
>
>
>
> On 4/16/21 10:51 PM, AA5CT via RFI wrote:
>> UV will show up corona; Infrared will show 'hot' hardware, but
>> not sparking or arcing as UV does.
>>
>> There was an article on this some years back. It was quite informative.
>>
>> Maybe search for same?
>>
>> de AA5CT Jim