Mike's Hobby Page

Last updated : 10/14/2009

Welcome to my hobby page. I currently live in the southern part of Maryland about 20 miles southeast of Washington D.C.  Due to the proximity of D.C., my night sky is not very good with a limiting magnitude between 4th and 5th. On the few "good" nights, the Milky Way is faintly visible.

I've been a practicing amateur astronomer since the late '60s and currently enjoy doing CCD imaging with a Meade 10" LX200 SCT and a variety of telescopes and Meade DSI Pro II camera.

I'm also an active amateur radio operator having been licensed for nearly 30 years now. I enjoy chasing DX and working QRP with CW being my primary mode of interest.

Astronomy Links

14.25" Dobsonian (last updated 08/24/01) 

CCD Images (last updated 10/14/09) 

Criterion RV-6 Restoration Project (last updated  11/08/07)

Meade ETX-125 (last updated  05/20/03)         

Meade LPI Imager (last updated  06/05/09)        

Diffraction focusing (added 06/23/99)

Daytime Telescope Optical Alignment (added 5/13/99)

The "Over the Hill" radio group (last updated 06/05/09)

Amateur Radio Link

Go to my Ham Radio Page (last updated 02/23/08)

Propagation