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7:06 pm
October 9, 2009

Nosfer

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one has to wonder if they even understand the capabilities of a datalogger

Probably not…this was on Discovery, Axemen (where they would learn about loggin') is on the History Channel :)

I'd love to have seen an overlain trace from the loggers. You'd get a real nice saw tooth pattern as the trace as the first logger kicked up and then down, followed by the next logger and the next etc. Too bad and I don't feel like paying to join their club to download the data if I read one of the posts above correctly.

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7:51 pm
October 9, 2009

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OK – it looks like these are what they were using -

http://www.pro-measure.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T-1392

Ignoring for the moment that they try to misslead us into believing that these gadgets will also log temperature ( they don't ) , they possibly had them set for the peak capture function.

You would need to readout and analyse the data for all the units, hopefully have had them all set to the EXACT time, and then may be able to see a spike move down the line.

Would have been VERY interesting, but we don't get to see it.

OH – and these are AC meters only, so Casper would have had to be vibrating real fast as he walked down the row.

1:19 pm
October 10, 2009

Learjet

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The Doctor said:

OH – and these are AC meters only, so Casper would have had to be vibrating real fast as he walked down the row.

Not necessarily Doc. If for instance a spook is a magnetic DC field, when it's in motion say at walking speed it simulates a very low frequency AC field, enough to activate AC EMF meters.

Take a permanent magnet, swipe it past an AC EMF meter and watch it light up. Only if the magnet is stationary will it then not register.

OD'd on EMF

12:54 pm
November 5, 2009

Orion

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Hey! Good to see you here Learjet! Now I know I'm on a good forum.

As usual, I'm in utter agreement with your observations and positions.

I'm not impressed with GL's EMF meter. The lowest it reads is 200mG? That's nuts. The total ELF range is 30Hz to 300Hz? Not very wide. There are so much better units out there that also do data logging.

I did like their idea of the "linear sweep" however. (Boy they love their buzz words, don't they?)

EMF has to be the most misunderstood misused element of ghost tech.

You're right about AC meters seeing a perm magnet if you swipe one by, too – which makes me wonder.. why did I buy an EM Natural? lol (ah well, it's more more senstive at least)

Frankly though, this show just finds too much evidence for my liking- perfect class A EVP, etc.. etc.. I think it's staged, big time – entertainment value.

I think the whole paranormal movement is coming to a head; when all these shows finally jump the shark, and most of them have already, it'll all die down, and the few serious people can get back to work without distractions and competing teams hogging up invest time and trampling everything. Hopefully, there won't be too much damage in the field by then.

Having an open mind is a two way street.

1:10 pm
November 5, 2009

Learjet

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Hi Orion! Welcome to the forum!

Ghost Lab started out promising, but after a few episodes it seems they are nutters using the name of science to propagate their crazy theories which are nothing more than long disproved urban legends. The murky water episode revealed their true colours.

The Trifield EM natural still has an electrostatic setting which AC meters are oblivious to. Could still yet be useful.

OD'd on EMF

10:47 pm
January 11, 2012

elwyn5150

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Varash said:

I thought that was a bit strange myself. I mean who am I to judge playing rockabilly in a historic location. That alone seems cool enough to me. But during an investigation. That seems odd, so much audio contamination of evidence. They also acted like a military unit whenever anything happened. The girl stated she felt like she was touched and the fellows sprang into like SWAT team action to get to her. Very amusing all in all.

First guy to comfort the distressed female member inevitably wins a date.

It may be just me but everytime they said "era cues", I didn't know what they were saying because of their pronunciation. The two words seem spoken so closely, I thought it was a proper noun – like Syracruse.

I was also really disappointed by their "net" computer graphics compared to the technology they really had. The CG conjurs up laser grids like in films with a diamond heist.

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