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To all attending..........Please put all your best photos of the 2019 HEAS event under this posting as continuous replies to this initial post.
Thanks a lot for helping make this event an interesting experience and sharing with everyone..

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I tried to upload some short video clips of the plasma tube demonstrations, but the file sizes were too large even for clips of a few seconds.
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The limit is around 500k bytes on images only! Videos can't be uploaded unless a URL is posted taking you to another location. Try grabbing some interesting stills off your video using a frame grabber. On a PC the free Snip tool is one of the best.

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On vids... Not the way we like it for long term preservation but.

How about opening an account on youTube or Vimeo and sharing the links?
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Hi Richard,
Thanks for a great event as always. See the below for some photos.
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More photos...
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The Perfesser explaining where it all began....
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A camera guy from CNN/Turner Broadcasting was at Richard's for 3 days! (see note in next post by richard
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Thank you Dave! you drew first blood with a superlative group of representative photos of the event.

Now that we have pictures, I will issue an official report of HEAS 2019. This was my 30th such yearly conclave

1. We had a total of 48 paying attendees. 4 who signed up failed to show and 3 failed to contact me that they would not make it. A beautiful cloudless day with a high temperature of 74 degrees was a joy.
2. We had 4 extra people, (Neighbors and my professional friends), attend even through the evening programs. (52 humans in all at the event)
3. The flea market was absolutely fabulous as many fusioneers acquired vacuum, high voltage and radiation instrumentation to achieve their goal or improve extant system performance.
4. The programs, demos and talks were fantastic. Paul Schatzkin A.K.A. (th' perfesser) gave a talk on his long path to Farnsworth's story and his support of amateur fusion. Doug Ferguson's plasma globes driven by high frequency, variable energy supply was a show stopper. Dan Knapp, long time poster on fusor.net, gave a really interesting and captivating report on his efforts with another researcher to create a special form of penning trap to do nuclear fusion. T.R. Leary captivated all assembled as he grew bismuth crystals from a molten melt and saw to it that every person at the demo received one of the just created bismuth crystals. T.R. also gave details of his copper acetate crystal growing mechanism and procedure. Richard Hull demonstrated the fusor IV for the last time and it performed well producing over 800,000 neutrons per second.
5. Nearly half the attendees were professionals, ( current or retired), involved in physics, chemistry, engineering or bio-medial electronics. All the rest were avid and performing amateur scientists or college students that were seeking degrees or graduate students seeking higher degrees. Those assembled might have been a bit strange and eclectic, but they were all far smarter than the national average and doers, which most people are not. I am proud to be part of the mix and bask in the presence of such company. I am also proud to host the yearly event giving of my time, residence and facility to foster this regular conclave of very special people.

I feel compelled to point out the fine lady at the card table, (my wife - Kit), who kept track of the money collection and name tag distribution over a 5 hour period. (Name tags thanks to the heroic efforts of Andrew Robinson). Special recognition goes to John Freau this year as he is the only living attendee, (from N.J.), outside of our own Richmond local group, who attended the very first big yearly event back in 1989. He has attended virtually all events since that time, as well. The photo of John above is seen with him sitting at the trunk of his car selling the aluminum toroids that he spins on his modified lathe. These are used by Tesla coilers and others who need to reduce the local field tension at high voltage points to either prevent arcing or enhance it via the isotropic capacity offered by them.

As can be seen from the above images and, hopefully, many more submissions yet to be posted here, the flea market was "the big deal" all day with many fine photos of the wares offered and the interactions between buyers and sellers. The images of the folks stuffing their faces are very important. Why?.... Well, at meal times it is about the only long term communion and discussions of the day other than the rather brief chats interrupting the buying and selling frenzy all day long. Steaks at Texas Roadhouse filled the body with proteins for the brain while wide ranging technical discussions filled the well nourished minds. I know of two guys who ordered and consumed a selected 32 ounce steak!!! I had difficulty finishing my rather meager 8 ounce Dallas Fillet by comparison. the evening demos are well represented in the above images. I will mention the arcs are from Larry Adams Tesla magnifier coil system demonstrated after dark outside the lab on my backyard lawn.

I hope to wade through Dave Rosingnoli's images and place text under each....I hope. Again, Thank you Dave.

Side note: Turner broadcasting sent a camera man to cover the event who stayed on for three full days! Saturday, Sunday and Monday. This multi hour "shoot" will be condensed down and made into a net based venue of Turner Broadcasting called the "Great Big Story". Chris, the camera man, flipped out at the amazing people, discussions and energy of the event. After the event, he spent about 15 hours Sunday and Monday filming and interviewing me. This presentation will ultimately appear on Turner's venue. https://www.greatbigstory.com/
Watch out for the finished presentation. The first to see it should post here the exact URL to view it.

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The maximum file size was kept low on our previous host. It was increased to 1 MB for photos during the transition. It is now set at 5 MB per attachment (100 MB per post). This should be sufficient for normal resolution video files. Not 4K multi GB size but hopefully sufficient to get some quality videos on the site for the first time.
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Thanks for the pix David. Looks like I missed a good event.

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More photos....more photos....more photos come on guys...... these pusher postings of mine will be erased as more photos appear. Geti with it!

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HEAS was an amazing experience! Thank you, Richard. I hope to continue to attend in the coming years!
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Thank you Lance for the giant photos! The ones of T.R. and his sales table of huge bismuth crystals give folks a perspective on his best work in making multi-pound bismuth giants. The close up of the example small ones he pulled for each person viewing his demo is also good for detail and representative of what the average person can do with ease.

The image of my monitor screen shows what a few years of neutron bombardment can do to a CCD in a camera. (white dots of forever dead or turned on white pixels.) Note: that camera cost me $29.95 back in 2004 so no big loss.

The dusk image of Larry Adam's coil gives a bit of perspective as well.

You will be welcome at all future HEAS events. Thanks again

Anyone else want to pile on? I especially like images of the flea market area sales tables with their associated seller.

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Here are my photos from the Friday evening and Saturday at the sale. Richard, feel free to tag and caption any or all of the photos.
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Frank Sanns, Joe Ballatyne and Warren Elingsen talk science!
Frank Sanns, Joe Ballatyne and Warren Elingsen talk science!
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Larry Adams Local HEAS member he drives 100 miles every month to come to our HEAS meetings.
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Joe Ballantyne looks at tiny industrial diamonds through Richard's Leitz binocular scope
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My clean Diff pump for sale $200....Did not sell
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Saturday evening.
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George Weisstrofer demos out doors one of his projects
George Weisstrofer demos out doors one of his projects
Andrew Robinson and Alex Tajnsek.  Alex is one of our oldest local HEAS members
Andrew Robinson and Alex Tajnsek. Alex is one of our oldest local HEAS members
Larry Adams at dusk get ready to demo his solid state Tesla magnifier
Larry Adams at dusk get ready to demo his solid state Tesla magnifier
In the evening a few cooked dogs and burgers on their grill in my front yard.  They were kind enough to clean up afterward
In the evening a few cooked dogs and burgers on their grill in my front yard. They were kind enough to clean up afterward
Tim Koeth - (univ MD), chats with my good friend and author Bill Kolb
Tim Koeth - (univ MD), chats with my good friend and author Bill Kolb
Bill Kolb and Paul Carlock... Bill, Paul and Richard are the "three amigos" We bonded in two U hunts in 2005 and 2009 for two weeks in Utah and New Mexico
Bill Kolb and Paul Carlock... Bill, Paul and Richard are the "three amigos" We bonded in two U hunts in 2005 and 2009 for two weeks in Utah and New Mexico
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"Jimbo" (univ MD)
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On Friday myself and Kim Goins DeAngelis went down to the Lakeside Substation and walked the perimeter; an unexpected and fascinating side-trip!!
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Thanks Susan for adding to the pile of images for the 2019 HEAS events. For all not familiar with Susan Mills, she has attended a number of HEAS events over the years and is getting her degree in Nuclear engineering. I just heard that Kim and Susan hiked the 3/4 mile to our local Dominion Energy large switch yard and distribution center. I didn't know it would present such interest. I have captioned a few images she sent here.

Any more folks holding out with photos that they might want to contribute via a reply here??

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More photos from the Friday.
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Powerful Ring tosser (repulsion coil)  didn't sell
Powerful Ring tosser (repulsion coil) didn't sell
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Kim Goins  retired NRL physicist  old member of the local group HEAS
Kim Goins retired NRL physicist old member of the local group HEAS
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Isotropic capacity ball used with electrometer to make lightning studies
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Outside the lab on the Saturday. There were many great discussions on a myriad of topics!!
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Great photo of Tony De Angelis and John freau both many year attendees of all HEAS events. Combined, maybe 54 years!
Good ole Andrew Robinson
Good ole Andrew Robinson
Frank Sanns One of longest serving admins of Fusor.net.
Frank Sanns One of longest serving admins of Fusor.net.
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Richard pours over the past HEAS conference book given by Dave Rosingnoli
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Paul Schatzkin (th' perfesser) and Frank Sanns talk about serious stuff
Paul Schatzkin (th' perfesser) and Frank Sanns talk about serious stuff
Richard logs neutron data from a fusor IV run into his lab notes.
Richard logs neutron data from a fusor IV run into his lab notes.
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Steve Roys founder of TCBOM (maryland tesla coilers) He held a July pool party for many years 1999-2016. It was fun!!
Steve Roys founder of TCBOM (maryland tesla coilers) He held a July pool party for many years 1999-2016. It was fun!!
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Joe Ballantyne smiles as he drops magnet into copper tube to demo the Lenx law effect
Joe Ballantyne smiles as he drops magnet into copper tube to demo the Lenx law effect
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Dave Rosingnoli long time attendee and maker of the HEAS conference book.  Travels from Denver area
Dave Rosingnoli long time attendee and maker of the HEAS conference book. Travels from Denver area
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Sue, Thanks once again for the extra people pix. This identifies and gives images to link many names often mentioned on the Fusor.net to folks who can't attend. I have captioned a number of the images.

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Thank you Mr. Richard! I surely enjoyed taking them. I also want to thank you so much for the opportunity to come there once a year to immerse myself in all things nuclear for a few days. I really look forward to it !!
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