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OKCGC investigates Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Andy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:36:50 +0000

OKCGC has just returned from an amazing investigation at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. We are currently sifting through mountains of collected data, and are compiling the investigation report. We are grateful to our hosts at Paranormal Underground magazine for making this remarkable investigation a reality. It was a delight meeting everyone of you and from all of us at the Oklahoma City Ghost Club we wish to extend our heartfelt thanks.

Back to crunching on the data, but stay tuned for the report coming very soon…

OKCGC has honor of testing new gear

Andy — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:12:14 +0000

Keith Engle, director of Oklahoma Ghost Investigations (http://www.oklahomaghostinvestigations.com/team.htm)
has graciously allowed us to demo several of his prototype SpecterCam Wide/Full spectrum cameras during our visit to Waverly Hills. These cameras, featured on Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files on the SyFy network, are modified for use with multiple light spectrums and have an unbelievable low-light sensitivity. Keep an eye out soon, Mr. Engle will be launching a website making these essential cameras available for public purchase. We are honored to get to field test some of his newer designs and as always, we will share our results here.

New addition to equipment inventory

Andy — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:13:56 +0000

This device, called a geophone, detects subtle and low frequency vibrations and displays the intensity on an LED bargraph. This is similar to the other geophone that we employ, but Erik has added several upgrades that increase its usefulness in the field. A more sensitive sensor, coupled with an LED pilot light (for locating the unit when it is not activating) have been added to this stock kit, as well as a custom enclosure. This enclosure and form factor was the design of Erik, and I can’t wait to see it in action!

We are excited to deploy this and the standard geophone, and will be using both next weekend when the team investigates the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Check back for updates on that investigation as well as upcoming events this fall.

Bug/dust orb comparisons…

Andy — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:09:32 +0000

Bug/Dust Orb comparison photos…

Shawn at RCPS/KY has brought to my attention some great comparison shots of various bugs and dust orbs that can be mistaken for paranormal and seem to be prevalent in many outdoor investigations/photos.

Check out his digital photography page for these and other false- positive examples on his site

http://twilightparanormal.com/pics.html

Thanks Shawn for letting us pass this link along…

Andy

July 2010 issue of Paranormal Underground Magazine is out!

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:37:26 +0000

Check out the July issue of this online Magazine to see the featured reader profile in which Andy is the interviewee.

http://www.paranormalunderground.net

Andy contributes to Paranormal Underground Radio

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:32:07 +0000

Follow the link below to check out the July 1st archive of the Paranormal Underground Live Internet Radio show where Andy contributes during a segment related to the technical aspect of the field in regards to Audio equipment.

http://bit.ly/9ZZ36p

Thinking of upgrading your audio recorder?

Andy — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:16:09 +0000

If you think that it is time to up your game when it comes to record quality, yet are confused as to the options out there, here is a list with all the pro audio choices gathered in one place. Very helpful…

Remember, 44.1khz, 24bit stereo recording is what we consider a minimum these days…

http://www.corporatetalkradio.com/pdr.html

also be sure to check out this list, with hands-on reviews:

http://www.transom.org/tools/recording_interviewing/200703_recorder_reviews/

Thermal resolution…Food for thought

Andy — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:21:57 +0000

When a picture is worth a thousand words, err…dollars. Here you see why better thermal resolution is important. The three sensor resolutions shown here illustrate how some imagers won’t meet your performance expectations. The 16×16 resolution example was taken from an irisys/wahl unit. Ebay is littered with these junk imagers and as you can see, they are totally unsuitable for the work we do. The next image is from a FLIR/extech i5 (80×80). You can see that the image is tons better than the first example, but the image is still lacking in clarity and appears pixelated. Finally there is the FLIR B2 with a resolution of 120×160. This is what I consider to be the minimum for the kind of work that we do.

Latest Investigation Posted :Dewey Hotel

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:22:00 +0000

Join us as we meet up with a fellow paranormal group. We tackle an all-night investigation of the Dewey Hotel Museum. Click Here

Sony PCM-M10 First Impressions in article section

Andy — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:29:02 +0000

Sony PCM-M10 first impressions

Andy Selfridge

As many of you know, over the last year I have been preaching the gospel of Zoom. I have been using my H2 faithfully as my workhorse audio recorder. Honestly, it is hard to find a better value than the H2 given the quality of audio and the many features available at it’s price point (if you go by features vs. price). I still think that the H2 is a much better choice than standard lower end voice recorders…(cont…)