Electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements on powder samples of the qu
asi-one-dimensional S = 1 Heisenberg antiferromagnet (CH3)(4)NNi(NO2)(
3) (TMNIN) were performed for the first time in the frequency range 55
-400 GHz in magnetic fields up to 14 T at temperatures down to 1.3 K.
Resonance lines can be associated with transitions between excited sta
tes in the framework of a field theoretical model. The held dependence
of the resonance modes points to a zero-field splitting of the triple
t states at about 2.9 K due to a planar anisotropy. The temperature de
pendence of the line intensity confirms the existence of a Haldane gap
in TMNIN with Delta/k(B) = 3.4 K.