Equipment

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="04dd4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Its strange how the thrill and anticipation of the hunt can lag at  the cold time of 3am.</div> <div> Always rap up warm and investigate with friends that want to natter and share a coffee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>                           British Paranormal Research Society</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" British Paran"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><U>Mission</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Member list"><U>Member list</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links to other Groups"><U>Links to  other Groups</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members Utilities"><U>Members Utilities</U></A>   |   <B>Equipment</B></div> <div> Equipment</div> <bR> <bR> <div> I suppose from a personal point of view the best thing about Ghost Hunting is getting to use all these wonderfull fandangled gadgets???</div> <bR> <div> No honestly I fully understand that it is the actual investigation and the members taking part that counts the most, but using the right equipment can help you record any phenomena or at least help the night pass.</div> <bR> <div> At the very least you should have a notepad and a pen and a torch and also a watch that works ( always syncronise with all present).</div> <bR> <div> A camera with a flash is handy and a tape recorder ( these new digital ones are great as you get no real hiss or feedback)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>WHAT WE USE - a list</B></div> <bR> <div> Laptop computer ( currently a Dell Inspiron Pentium 1.2 Gh)</div> <div> SLR's ( Camera's)</div> <div>  Manual Ricoh XRP</div> <div> Ricoh XRX</div> <div> Yashica Auto focus ( these have a built in movement sensor)</div> <div> We use wide angle lenses for Ghost Hunts and telephoto for Sky Watches ( up to 1000 Mil)</div> <bR> <div> Ricoh i500 Digital Camera - (this has repaced the fuji mx2700)</div> <div> 3.3million pixel with 128Mg card, mpeg movie available - also records sound digitally</div> <bR> <div> Panasonic NV-DS38 Digital Camcorder</div> <div> This has movement sensor</div> <div> Night Shot</div> <div> Can take still photo's to memory card</div> <bR> <div> Awia Mini Disc recorder</div> <bR> <div> Olympus Digital Sound recorder for EVP recordings</div> <bR> <div> EMF meter</div> <bR> <div> Infra red thermometer from Maplins for looking for cold spots</div> <bR> <div> walkie talkies - short and long range</div> <bR> <div> movement sensors</div> <bR> <div> data logging equipment</div> <bR> <div> Remote surveillance camera's with infra red ability</div> <bR> <div> A few years ago ( 1998) we created P.I.P ( Paranormal Investigation Probe) this was a remote controled vehicle with a on board camera,sound recorder and thermometer. We guided this by viewing where it went through a small monitor, all the sensors were connected via 10 core cable. The idea was to use this in cellars and basically anywhere it was cold,dark and damp.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="118e36a0.jpg" border=0 width="483" height="362" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> PIP now resides in my garage waiting for the completion of its Mark 2 brother, this will have no wires, everything running via radio wave. It will have two onboard camera's both infra red, one for steering the other on a swivel/tilt base. It will have a directional thermometer, proximity sensors and onboard sound recorders.</div> <div> It will be based on a electric scooter chassis, cut down to make it lighter and we hope it will have a running range of 8 hours and will transmit about half a mile or more in the open.The real trick is to get it to go up stairs.</div> <div> This can then explore castles etc in the rain or even trundle into the middle of a crop field looking for clues, whilst we sit in a nice warm support car or room gathering the data on our computers.I know some people may see this as cheating but I have spent too many nights sitting in cold,dark cellars with nothing to show but aching back and the flu???</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>