Camera (Fujifilm 10 mp) ~

Digital Recorders (Sony set on HQ and Olympus set on XHQ )

KII meter (I use a lap harp pick to hold the button down)

Sony Camcorder ~ Set on Super Nightshot Plus and additional IR light

Astak Night Vision CMOS Infra red camera recorded onto Philips HDMI DVD recorder

Hitachi Camcorder ~ Set on low light setting . I am constantly adding new equipment as new technology becomes available.

I used my KII meter but I was told by Carl, that he had learned they can be influenced by walkie talkies or other electrical devices. I never could get mine to work like on the Ghost Hunters, but then we don't always use our walkie talkies like they do on that program. Makes me wonder if the response they get isn't someone standing out of camera range WITH any device that will set it off. Since I'm not there to witness the KII answering questions or to examine the area close to the meter, I'm not convinced someone isn't influencing the results. Here recently, however, I have seen the KII respond to answers and the one on my MEL Hybrid which also has a KII respond in sync with another KII meter.

Barb LeVeque
Senior Investigator

I really like my mini-DV with the IR light. Plus, I have the usual EMF meter , tape recorders and digital recorders, digital camera - all Sony of course! I would love to try the thermal camera that TAPS uses, but I don't have the $$$!

Rhonda Eller
Investigator

A Fugifilm 10mg camera (same as above only red), thermometer , The Ghost Meter , digital recorder .

Tim Harte
Investigator/Specialist

MESA (multi-frequency energy sensor array) is a laptop computer system (presently a Compaq with 14.1 GB of memory) that was specifically designed to measure energies associated with haunt phenomena. It was designed and created by David L. Black, and Timothy M. Harte at University of Illinois at Springfield in 1994. The laptop is connected to an analog-to-digital converter, and then to eight different sensors. Currently we measure infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light; vibration, 60 Hz electromagetic fields from wiring and appliances, geomagnetic fields three dimensionally, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, galvanic skin response, respiration, heart rate of a human subject, and infrasound.

The infrared and visible light sensors are made by Radio Shack. The ultraviolet sensor was donated by Steve Mackin, from Harrison Township, MI. It is a Solartech Model 5.0, which measures both UVA and UVB. The vibration sensor is custom designed by Michael T. Hollinshead. It is a piezoelectric condenser attached to a 25 pound weight. The geomagnetic sensors are made by Speake and Company in England. They are the FGM-1 model. They are used by Stanford University to predict earthquakes. They are used for many other applications as well, mostly to find buried treasure and calibrate large machinery. Our 60 Hz electromagnetic field sensors are made by AlphaLab, Inc., known as the Tri-Field Meter. It measures electromagnetic fields, electric fields, and radio/microwaves. The present temperature sensor was designed by Dave Black, and uses mostly Radio Shack parts. The galvanic skin response sensor was made and donated by an anonymous electronics expert. He has also donated several other very important pieces of equipment, including a 110 VAC to 12 VDC converter, and a very unique 2-digital still camera system connected to a magnetometer. It is designed to fire the two cameras simultaneously when the geomagnetic field changes 5 to 7 mG (milligauss). We have a weather station sensor made by Justin Failk of ghostgadgets.com It measures temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure.

MESA is also complemented with a system of sensors made by Vernier (www.vernier.com). These sensors were made primarily for middle and high school chemistry and physics departments to teach different ways to measure physical and chemical properties of the natural world. Currently we use magnetic field sensors, motion-detection sensors, visible light, temperature, and a photogate sensor. Vernier makes a very wide variety of sensors that could be used in paranormal investigations. They also make software and analog-to-digital converters that use USB connectors and ready to plug in sensors.

Lastly, MESA utilizes an infrared camera (Clover Electronics) and 2 PZM (pressure zone microphones by Crown, Inc) connected to a Behringer mixer and then to a Sony VHS video recorder to document haunt phenomena. PZM microphones cancel out echo, and using two of them, and a signal processing program, we can triangulate where a sound comes from in the room.

If you have any questions, please e-mail me at: tmharte@juno.com