Taking RFI Measurements
The following steps are recommended by ITEM for performing RFI measurements using the digital frequency counter:
How far should the antenna be extended? If you knew the frequency that you were expecting to receive, then you could apply the following formula to figure out how long the antenna needed to be:
468 / frequency (MHz) = antenna length (feet)
For example, if you knew you would be measuring a frequency of 500 MHz, then you could use this formula to determine that the antenna needed to be extended about 28.5 cm (or 3 segments):
468 / 500 MHz = 0.936 feet = 28.5 cm
However, you will never really know what the frequencies are when performing RFI. Also, the frequencies do fluctuate in response to changes in the bioenergy field. Therefore, it is important to select an antenna length that will measure a wide band of possible frequencies.
Using the formula above, you can see that the highest frequencies can be measured when the antenna length is shortest – with the first segment (9.75 cm) only (note – this is why cellular telephone antennas are so short – they are receiving high frequency signals). From the formula, the first segment can measure frequencies up to 1,460 MHz (note – it is possible to measure frequencies as high as 3,000 MHz (3 GHz), which is the maximum frequency the counter can detect – but the waves must be measured at the base of the antenna for this very high frequency to be detected). However, when the antenna is at its shortest length, it can be sensitive to fluctuations in bioenergy. This is because there is very little distance that the current (induced by the EM frequencies) needs to travel on the antenna before detection within the circuitry of the counter. At the same time, however, the antenna is less sensitive to electric fields at its shortest length.
You will notice that if you compare the frequencies detected when the antenna is at its shortest length versus when it is fully extended, the values are usually lower when the antenna is fully extended. This occurs for two reasons: 1) a greater spatial area of EM waves is detected by the antenna when fully extended, and 2) there are usually losses in the current traveling through the antenna when as antenna length increases (unless the EM waves are focused onto the base of the antenna – which cannot practically happen when measuring bioenergy). Therefore, for the purpose of accuracy, it is best to keep the antenna length as short as possible when conducting RFI measurements.
ITEM recommends that you initially use the shortest antenna length to collect frequency data, i.e., the first segment only. The fact that the antenna is most sensitive at its shortest length, and thus more prone to fluctuation as bioenergies of the subject change, may challenge some scientific-minded individuals who believe that the frequencies should not change, i.e., be static. This, however, is not realistic nor a true reflection of the nature of the Aura.
To overcome this challenge, ITEM has conducted hundreds of trials to determine the best way to measure frequencies. Based on our research, our recommendation is to: 1) press the gate button three times after turning on the counter to reduce the display speed to its slowest setting; 2) place the antenna horizontally (i.e., parallel to the ground) in the bioenergy region of intended measurement (positioning discussed further below); and 3) press the “Hold” button after the third frequency is displayed. ITEM’s research has shown that the third displayed frequency represents (almost 95% of the time) the average frequency that would be calculated if the antenna were to be held constant in the region for one minute. After the 3rd displayed frequency (or about 12 seconds), the antenna has generally had enough time to equilibrate with the surrounding bioenergy field. This is not to imply that the measurements become constant or stop fluctuating after this measurement (which is not the nature of Auras), but the 3rd display frequency usually represents the mid-point of any further fluctuations after 12 seconds.
After you have pressed the “Hold” button, enter this frequency into the RFI software program as discussed in Section 3.1.4 of the Technical Manual. Rather than enter the frequency data into the RFI software program after every measurement, some Investigators choose to write the frequency data onto copies of the RFI Aura Analysis Chart that is supplied with the RFI system. This allows the user to quickly take the measurement, write it down in the corresponding body chart line, and then enter all of the data into the program following the full Aura scan. If you are performing RFI sessions on your own, this method may be the most time-effective until ITEM completes its next RFI prototype that will include real-time data input processing.
This method appears to work well based on our trials. However, you should feel free to experiment on your own. If you are a scientific-minded individual and feel uncomfortable unless the measurements are “more constant,” feel free to extend the antenna to the 2nd or 3rd segment. The variability in fluctuations often (but not always) decline, but in doing so there may be a certain reduction in the accuracy of the readings because of the losses along the antenna length. In addition, some Investigators may, for the sake of time, want to use the first displayed frequency (rather than the suggested third). ITEM’s research indicates that a majority of the time, the first and third displayed frequencies represent the same color, so it may be safe to use the first frequency, but we feel it is safer and more reliable to use the third displayed frequency. Whatever method you choose, be consistent throughout the reading (i.e., all bioenergy regions should be measured the same way).
Frequency Counter / Antenna Positioning
The RFI software program contains 40 distinct regions where bioenergy measurements should be taken, characterized as follows:
Health Level
A total of 17 regions comprise the Health Level; these include the lower left leg, upper left leg, left torso (hip/pelvic area), left hand, lower left arm, upper left arm, left side of neck/shoulder, left side of head, top of head, right side of head, right side of neck/shoulder, upper right arm, lower right arm, right hand, right torso, upper right leg, and lower right leg.
The Health Level exists, in general, from 0 to 4 inches from the physical body. Therefore, the subject should remove thick layers of clothing prior to data collection. Place the antenna at the approximate mid-point between the body and four inches from the body, and at the middle of the Health Level region of interest, with the antenna oriented at a right angle to the body (i.e., horizontally, parallel to the ground).
Hold the frequency counter with your thumb on the bottom and two or three fingers on the top as illustrated in Figure 1, showing the positioning for a Health Level top of head (0 to 4 inches from head) measurement. The antenna should point away from you and be positioned approximately 2 inches (5 centimeters (cm)) from the top of the head (i.e., the mid-point between 0 and 4 inches). Do not be concerned about the exactness of placement – for example, you do not need to use a ruler to define the exact plane where the antenna should be. Use your best judgment. Also, you can use the “antenna clip” as a benchmark for where to place the antenna – the “clip” should be positioned in the center of the region you are measuring. For example, if you are measuring the Health Level top of head, place the antenna parallel to the ground, about 2 inches away from the head, pointing away from you, with the clip located at the approximate center of the top of head region.
The same positioning applies to all other Health Level measurements around the sides of the body – orient the frequency counter and antenna parallel to the ground, approximately two inches (5 cm) away from the body at the central point of the region of interest. Point the antenna away from you. It is recommended that the Investigator stand at the subject’s side – except for perhaps the top of head measurement, which can be done while standing directly in front of the subject.
For Health Level measurements in the abdominal (hip/pelvic) region, the subject should raise his or her arms during the reading to avoid any possible interference from the arms. For Health Level measurements of the hands, the subject should place his or her hands straight out from the side, palms down, and you should take the measurement from the top of the hands.
The figure below shows the RFI Investigator’s hand entering the subject’s Aura, but the energy radiating from the hand is not shown. Please note that the energies from your hand can have an impact on the measurements you obtain in two ways: 1) the base of the antenna can possibly detect the hand’s frequencies, and 2) if you are using your right hand to hold the frequency counter, you may, without your awareness, project EM waves into your subject’s Aura that produce changes in the Aura you are measuring (especially if you are a healer that practices such energy projection). We have found that this does not usually affect measurements, but if you have any reason to suspect that your hands are influencing the measurements, we recommend that you wear 100% cotton gloves during the RFI sessions.
Psychological Level
A total of 17 regions comprise the Psychological Level, also called the Emotional Level or Emotional Body; these include the lower left leg, upper left leg, left torso, left hand (palm), lower left arm, upper left arm, left side of neck/shoulder, left side of head, top (crown) of head, right side of head, right side of neck/shoulder, upper right arm, lower right arm, right hand (palm), right torso, upper right leg, and lower right leg.
The Psychological Level measurements should be taken in much the same way as the Health Level; however, there are two differences: 1) the antenna should be placed within a space that is 4 to 18 inches away from the body region of interest (recommendation is approximately 12 inches (one foot) or 30.5 cm), and 3) the hands should be measured with palms facing upward, and the antenna should be placed over the palm. For Psychological Level measurements, the antenna should be parallel to the ground, and you can position the antenna clip at the approximate center of the region you intend to measure.
The palms of the hands transmit and receive energy information of a predominantly psychological nature. The antenna should measure the energy radiating away from the palm of the hand (as illustrated in the figure below). You should ask the subject to hold out his or her hand toward you for this measurement.
Chakras
There are a total of six Chakra measurements to take, including the Third Eye Chakra, Throat Chakra, Heart Chakra, Sacral Chakra, Adrenal Chakra, and Base Chakra. The seventh (Crown) Chakra is, as a rule, the same color as the crown of the head – Psychological Level. The Chakras are generally small points of light – perhaps one or two inches in diameter – that project out from the body to 18 inches and beyond. Once again, you should place the antenna at a right angle to the body, approximately 12 inches (one foot or about 30.5 cm) away, parallel to the ground, at the approximate location of the Chakra (as illustrated in the figure below). For interpretive purposes, the Chakras not only provide information on the core psychological characteristics of a subject, but also indicate the health condition of endocrine glands located at the Chakra points.
Additional Data Collection Notes
1) If you are using the frequency counter for Aura measurements, the measured Aura frequencies will usually be within the range of 100 MHz to 800 MHz (though it is not impossible or improbable for frequencies to be measured outside this range).
2) The RFI software program is designed to calculate the color of visible light associated with frequencies measured to one-tenth MHz. For example, if, when you press the Hold button, you read a frequency of 209.7455 MHz, you should round this number to 209.7 MHz when you enter the value into the software program (color – burgundy). If you rounded the number to the nearest MHz instead of the nearest one-tenth MHz, the resulting value, 210 MHz, would yield the color red, which has a different interpretative meaning than the burgundy color that was actually measured. Therefore, we recommend that you round to the nearest one-tenth MHz when entering frequency data into the software program.
3) While taking RFI measurements, you should always remain conscious of the distance between the antenna and the body. By maintaining the antenna distance at approximately 2 inches (5 cm) for the Health Level and 12 inches (30.5 cm) for the Psychological Level and Chakra system, you can be assured that the correct characteristic frequencies from those Levels are being measured. If you are not used to making such visual-spatial distance judgments, you will be soon with a little practice.
Remember that the antenna will detect the strongest frequencies of those EM waves that happen to be near the antenna during any point in time. Therefore, you must be careful not to place the antenna so it intrudes into more than one region. A good rule of thumb is to position the antenna in the plane opposite that of the body orientation. For example, the bodies of humans and plants are oriented primarily in the vertical plane; therefore, the antenna should be positioned in the horizontal plane (i.e., parallel to the ground). For some animals such as cats and dogs, whose bodies are oriented primarily in the horizontal plane, the antenna should be positioned in the vertical plane (i.e., perpendicular to the ground). When measuring EM fields that are not associated with a discrete bodily form, such as metaphysical energies in ambient air, it does not seem to matter significantly how you position the antenna. The other good rule of thumb is to position the antenna clip at the approximate center of the region of interest, as discussed earlier.
4) The RFI software program requires that you collect frequency data from the sides of the body, in accordance with the theory that energies are received through the left side of the body and projected from the right side of the body. The collection of frequency data from the front or back of the body is not a part of the program, except for the collection of Chakra (endocrine) frequencies at the front of the body. However, some people may have a desire to measure the Health Level field of specific locations at the front of the body. For example, if someone is known to have heart trouble, the subject or Investigator may want to determine the electromagnetic field conditions in front of the heart. There is a general problem, though, in collecting Health Level data from the front of the body, because Chakra frequencies are usually dominant (strongest), and there may always be uncertainty in whether or not Chakra frequencies are interfering with the Health Level measurements. ITEM recommends the following two methods for characterizing specific areas corresponding to internal organs: 1) if the organ is located toward the front of the body (such as the heart, lungs, etc.), measure the EM field of the organ from the side of the body it is closest to. For example, if the subject reveals that he or she has heart problems, you can theoretically determine the Health Level EM field condition of the heart by measuring the left side of the chest, under the arm, since the left side of the body is closest to the heart. Secondly, 2) if the organ is located toward the back of the body (such as the kidneys, spinal cord, etc.), measure the approximate location of the organ from the back side of the body. If the RFI software program does not have a region designated for the area you measured, you may use the Point/Object Analysis function of the software to determine the color and its interpretation, as discussed further in Section 3.2 of the Technical Manual.
5) When taking RFI measurements, you are almost as close to the antenna as the person you are reading, and in general your Aura extends the same distance from your body as your subject’s Aura does. Therefore, you should hold the device and antenna as far from you as possible, and do not stand too close to the person whose Aura you are reading. To best reduce the possible interference from your own Aura, wear the white laboratory coat, made of 100% cotton, which we have included in your RFI package.
Research in energy-matter interactions at ITEM indicates that the atomic structure of cotton “absorbs” and retains Aura energies to a greater degree than other materials. Thus, when you wear a fresh laboratory coat, your Aura will be absorbed by the cotton coat, and will be retained as it is being absorbed and inhibited by the electrons and atomic polarities in the cotton. This “pulling in” or “holding back” effect on your own Aura will last for approximately 1 to 2 hours, until the cotton’s atomic electron structure is saturated with your Aura energies, and then begin to pass through again. This phenomenon was proven by stable electrofield voltage readings of 80 millivolts for an uncovered Aura, which were instantly reduced to only 20 millivolts at the moment that the cotton lab coat was buttoned closed. This means that by using the cotton lab coat, at least 75% of Aura energies were retained.
Once the lab coat is saturated (1 – 2 hours), it is important to clear the old energies and renew its bioenergy absorbency by washing it, preferably with bleach. If you do not have time to wash it because you must continue making Aura charts for other people, the best approach is to place it on or near an ionizing device that will ionize the cotton. This will restore the atomic electron balance and polarity of the cotton, and clear away all the old energies that have impacted the coat from you and from others. This practice substantially increases the credibility and reliability of experimental data produced using RFI. If an ionizing device such as an ion generator or radionics machine is not available to you, large white quartz crystals have also proven effective, and they usually clear the lab coat in about 15 minutes. Another method is to hang the coat outdoors overnight, as the concentration of negative ions in the night air can have the same effect.
6) ITEM has found that the use of the 100% white cotton lab coat by the Investigator will significantly reduce the “interference” or interaction between the Investigator’s Aura and the subject’s Aura during measurements. However, during the past few years we’ve also found that the Investigator’s hand (especially the right hand, one of the areas in which projection of EM waves is strongest) can influence the measurements since the hand may be positioned very close to the base of the antenna. To reduce or avoid any possible interference, we recommend that you hold one side of the frequency counter with your index finger and middle finger, and the opposite side with your thumb pressed firmly against the outer metal casing of the counter. This positioning will help reduce the chances that the antenna will detect EM waves from your hand, and the metal surface serves to insulate the internal circuitry of the counter. If you are still concerned that the antenna is detecting your hand’s energy or that your hands are influencing the subject’s Aura, we recommend wearing 100% cotton gloves while performing measurements (not included), as discussed earlier.
7) After several consecutive readings of different subjects, or after a particularly strong reading of a highly charged subject, the antenna itself may become imprinted, charged or otherwise effected by the strong energies you have read, and thus will continue to detect those past energies in subsequent readings. When this happens, you may notice that all of the subsequent readings seem to have a disproportionate amount of one particular color. The remedy for this, and also a simple precaution to avoid it, is to ionize the antenna after any particularly strong readings (high voltage or high frequency), and to ionize the antenna periodically, such as every 2 readings, or perhaps every 15 minutes. The antenna, however, is not properly ionized by use of a charging device, as with the laboratory coats. The antenna must be purified and cleared in the way we ionize a glass rod: simply rub the antenna with a cotton cloth, up and down, repeatedly. You may use a separate clean cotton cloth for this purpose, or you may also rub the antenna on your clean cotton laboratory coat that you are wearing. Doing this periodically, and ideally after every Aura reading, substantially increases the accuracy and reliability of your results.
8) You should rarely ever need to use the “300MHz” range setting when performing RFI measurements. When this setting is used, the resistance is increased within the circuitry of the counter – causing frequencies to immediately decrease in comparison to the “3GHz” setting. It takes EM waves consisting of high electric field strengths to induce detected frequencies at the “300MHz” setting that are similar to those detected at the “3GHz” setting. In other words, using the “300MHz” setting produces inaccurate results unless you know that the field you are measuring has high electric field strength. Since most bioenergy fields have relatively low electric field strengths, it is best to use the “3GHz” setting at all times. The “300MHz” setting may be useful if you were, for example, measuring fields close to a radio transmission tower or from a cellular phone transmission.
9) If you are using the Point/Object Analysis feature of the RFI software program to detect energies present within the space of a room or outdoors (i.e., if you are scanning for energy and do not have a particular “subject” in mind), ITEM recommends that you extend the antenna to the third segment. This will provide more aerial coverage for the antenna, without sacrificing a great deal of accuracy in the detected frequencies.
10) ITEM recommends that you not use the frequency counter to measure bioenergies while the counter is plugged into an electrical outlet to recharge batteries. Doing so can sacrifice the accuracy of the measured frequencies. If you have an all-day event planned for RFI and are concerned that you will not be able to use your frequency counter the entire day, a good idea is to have spare frequency counters on hand that are fully charged. Licensed RFI Investigators can order additional frequency counters from ITEM at a wholesale discount by entering the password-protected website (http://www.item-bioenergy.com/password/updates.asp).
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