With the 5+ PVS14s floating on the Classifieds right now and various other channels, I've gotten a lot of inquiries about spec sheets and autogating.
Spec sheets - these will be accompanying commercially-bought units (eg: TNVC typically, or units sent in for testing through companies like Ident Marking). Please stop asking for them for mil-surp units. That having been said, mil-surp units will have contract numbers stamped on the tube itself and visible through the ocular assembly through the viewing windows, so these can be matched up to a particular timeframe and corresponding OMNI spec.
Autogating - Autogated units emit a faint hunt when powered on, so it's easy to find out whether or not a particular unit is autogated. The current CAD price (at the time of me writing this) for any blem-free autogated unit starts at about $3400 for a comm-spec unit and goes up from there for OMNI 7 and filmless tubes, up to over $4300+. If you are able to find one for lower than these stated prices then either 1) You're getting a hella deal; or 2) The seller hasn't accurately described the item and you should do some fact-checking.
OMNI 7 vs 8 - You honestly won't be able to tell a difference.
Here's a quick and dirty pricing guide, assuming all tubes are blem-free. Adjust pricing accordingly.
- OMNI 4 PVS-14 (non-autogated) - $3200
- OMNI 7/8 PVS-14 (gated, thin-film) - $3900-4300+
- Filmless PVS-14 - $4000+
- Mod3 with OMNI 7-equivalent spec tubes (Pinnacle Ultras) - $11k+
- Sentinels with OMNI 7-equivalent spec tubes - $12k+
- Sentinels with filmless White Phosphor tubes - $13k+