Welcome to astroham.com!
This web site is dedicated to displaying and documenting my two main hobbies: Astrophotography and Amateur Radio. My location is on the east coast of Florida approximately 30 miles south of the Kennedy Space Center. Although my home site suffers from moderate light pollution, I am able to travel to a dark site for most new Moon weekends during the late Fall, Winter, and early Spring. Most of my astronomical imaging is now done at a remote site at the Chiefland Astronomy Village in northwest Florida with some, mainly narrow-band imaging, done at my home in Indialantic. Under the "Lastest Images" section of this web page are presented links to my complete set of deep space and solar system object images as well as some of my very latest astrophotography images. Clicking on the link below the image will direct you to a web page offering more detail and links to higher resolution images. This page also presents two tables related to my recent Amateur Radio activities. The first table presents details of the latest Amateur Radio contests in which I have participated; the second table shows some of my latest DXCC Award confirmations received via ARRL's electronic QSL service. Much more information on both Astrophotography and Amateur Radio is available by navigating through the various web pages as well as by visiting the Astroham.com blog which can be reached by clicking the navigation button at the top of the page. Any questions or comments regarding the content of this website can be directed to my email address shown below:
Contact Information:
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Principle Imaging Location:
Chiefland Astronomy Village, Florida
Latitude: 29o 25m 12s North
Longitude: 82o 51m 00s West
Alternate Imaging Location:
Indialantic, Florida
Latitude: 28o 05m 00s North
Longitude: 80o 36m 00s West
Latest Astrophotography Images
View Complete Deep Space Objects CollectionView Complete Solar System Objects Collection
October 2008: IC-1396 - Elephant Trunk Nebula
Navigate to IC-1396 Image Information Page
View Full-Size IC-1396
October 2008: IC-410 - Emission Nebula in Auriga
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View Full-Size IC-410
October 2008: NGC 6992 - Eastern Arc of The Veil Nebula
Navigate to NGC 6992 Image Information Page
View Full-Size NGC 6992
September 2008: IC 1805 - The Heart Nebula
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View Full-Size IC 1805
September 2008: NGC 7635 - The Bubble Nebula
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View Full-Size NGC 7635
September 2008: Orion Rising
View Full-Size DSLR - Orion Rising
September 2008: North Celestial Pole
View Full-Size DSLR - North Celestial Pole
May 2008: M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
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View Full-Size M51
January 2008: NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet
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View Full-Size NGC 2359
January 2008: M78 - Reflection Nebula in Orion
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View Full-Size M78
January 2008: M97 and M98 - Planetary Nebula and Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major
Navigate to M97 and M108 Image Information Page
View Full-Size M97 and M108
Latest Amateur Radio Contests:
| Contest | Dates | QSOs | 80m | 40m | 20m | 15m | 10m | Mults | Score |
| 2007 ARRL Intl DX (Ph) | 03 & 04 Mar | 180 | 0 | 25 | 66 | 79 | 10 | 108 | 58320 |
| 2007 ARRL Intl DX (CW) | 17 & 18 Feb | 121 | 0 | 43 | 41 | 37 | 0 | 79 | 28677 |
| 2007 ARRL RTTY Roundup | 06 & 07 Jan | 183 | 13 | 28 | 124 | 18 | 0 | 611 | 11163 |
| 2006 ARRL 10m Contest | 09 & 10 Dec | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 133 | 936 |
| 2006 ARRL November SS (CW) | 04 & 05 Nov | 167 | 32 | 15 | 101 | 19 | 0 | 61 | 20374 |
| 2006 ARRL Intl DX (Ph) | 04 & 05 Mar | 101 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 45 | 8 | 68 | 20604 |
| 2006 ARRL Intl DX (CW) | 18 & 19 Feb | 310 | 13 | 27 | 153 | 107 | 10 | 157 | 146010 |
| 2006 ARRL RTTY Roundup | 07 & 08 Jan | 192 | 22 | 10 | 123 | 37 | 0 | 584 | 11136 |
| 2005 ARRL 10 meter | 10 & 11 Dec | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1105 | 586 | 20184 |
| 2005 CQ Mag. Worldwide CW | 26 & 27 Nov | 40 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 497 | 5047 |
| 2005 CQ Mag. Worldwide RTTY | 24 & 25 Sep | 101 | 2 | 41 | 24 | 31 | 3 | 1208 | 28800 |
| 2005 ARRL Intl DX (Ph) | 05 & 06 Mar | 310 | 4 | 36 | 92 | 132 | 46 | 168 | 156240 |
| 2005 ARRL Intl DX (CW) | 19 & 20 Feb | 297 | 8 | 66 | 83 | 113 | 27 | 161 | 143451 |
| 2005 ARRL RTTY Roundup | 08 & 09 Jan | 82 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 409 | 3280 |
1 40 State Multipliers; 21 Country Multipliers
2 15 QSOs CW, 6 QSOs Phone
3 9 Multipliers CW, 4 Multipliers Phone
4 44 State Multipliers; 14 Country Multipliers
5 64 QSOs CW, 46 QSOs Phone
6 29 Multipliers CW, 29 Multipliers Phone
7 33 Country Multipliers, 16 Zone Multipliers
8 62 Country Multipliers, 36 Zone Multipliers, 22 Section Multipliers
9 40 State Multipliers; 0 Country Multipliers
Latest DXCC Confirmations Via LogBook of the World:
| Date | Time (UTC) | Band | Mode | Station | Frequency | DXCC |
| 2005-Nov-26 | 14:55 | 15 m | CW | DP9Z | 21046 kHz | Fed. Rep. of Germany |
| 2004-Dec-11 | 15:10 | 10 m | Phone | VO1BC | 28461 kHz | Canada |
| 2005-Mar-06 | 18:09 | 15 m | Phone | MM0BSM | 21282 kHz | Scotland |
| 2006-Feb-19 | 00:14 | 40 m | CW | UW2M | 7016 kHz | Ukraine |
| 2006-Feb-19 | 12:18 | 20 m | CW | SP1NY | 14074 kHz | Poland |
| 2007-Mar-04 | 15:53 | 15 m | Phone | EA4TX | 21257 kHz | Spain |
| 2006-Feb-19 | 16:50 | 20 m | CW | LY4K | 14055 kHz | Lithuania |
| 2005-Feb-20 | 22:48 | 40 m | CW | S53F | 7050 kHz | Slovenia |
| 2006-Feb-19 | 16:28 | 20 m | CW | TF4M | 14093 kHz | Iceland |
| 2006-Jan-06 | 19:24 | 15 m | RTTY | HK6PSG | 21079 kHz | Columbia |