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My name is Bob Cash. I am originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan. There I
worked at the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium and WZZM TV-13 (ABC) affiliate. In
1994 I moved to Tucson, Arizona where I worked in television production at KVOA
TV-4 (NBC) Then on January 1st, 1998 I moved to Scottsdale, Arizona near
Phoenix. I worked for KSAZ FOX-10 news in Phoenix for eight years. In August of
2006, I started working for Echostar at the Dish Network's satellite broadcast
center in Gilbert, AZ. Currently, I live in Gold Canyon, Arizona (Just South of
the famous Superstition Mountains).
I have been a Ham Radio operator with a general class license of N8IMO since
1987. My station consists of an Icom IC-756 Pro-III and Yaesu 901DM. I enjoy
all the bands and have been playing around a lot with the "digital
modes" lately. I also receive NOAA POES satellites and have a website
where I upload their daily images of the Earth. http://www.n8imo.com/APT/
While in Michigan I was the Skywarn director from 1990-1992 for the National
Weather Service. I was in charge of coordinating weather spotters for Western
Michigan during severe weather. This interest in storm chasing has continued to
grow, and now I can be found spending the summer "Monsoon" season
chasing and photographing storms in Southern Arizona. When there is no clouds
over head and its clear at night I spend my time observing and photographing
the wonders of the night sky. I am also co-owner of a company called "Sky
Safari" which specializes in on-site star parties, bringing telescopes and
astronomers to various locations around Arizona.
I also work as an observer for Minor Planet Research, Inc.(MPR) where I search
along with other astronomers for Near Earth Objects (NEO's). I have discovered
or co-discovered a number of Asteroids and NEO Asteroids using the LONEOS
24" telescope at Anderson Mesa near Flagstaff, AZ. World-wide attention
was given to my discovery and recovery of asteroid "2003 SQ222". This
asteroid just happened to be the closest asteroid near-miss ever discovered up
to that point. (My 15 minutes of fame!).
I make music too. Since 1983, I have been recording music with a number of
modern and vintage synthesizers, along with many other instruments including
drums and guitars.
My main website can be found at: N8IMO.COM
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