Biography

Born: January 31, 1943
Amateur Radio: Since 1958

I am currently a member of JARL and ARRL, and also a member of Fuchu Amateur Radio Club (JA1ZGO) and Musashino Amateur Radio Club (JA1YSW).
I was a member of following club stations; JA1YAK (Toho High School in Kunitachi-city), JA1YDA (The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Chofu-city), JA7YAA (Tohoku University in Sendai-city), JR1YRI (NTT Laboratories in Yokosuka-city) and JQ1YNV (NTT Laboratories in Musashino-city).
I worked for NTT (Telecom Company in Japan) for 25 years from 1970, and moved to UEC in 1995.

I am active in HF QRP CW/RTTY/FT-8/SSB operation. I am looking forward to contacting you on the air.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Transceivers:
Main:IC-7300 100W, IC-9700 50W, IC-9100 100W
QRP: FT-817 ND 5W(CW/SSB), 3W(AM)

Antennas:
160m band: long wire with the length of about 40 meters
80m and 40m band: inverted V dipole antenna with top of 15 meters high
30m band: dipole antenna installed 10 meters high
20m, 17m, 15m 12m and 10m band: Yagi-Uda antenna with 4-elements (KA1-204) placed 15 meters high
6m band: Yagi-Uda antenna with 6-elements (KA1-204) placed 15 meters high
2m band: Yagi-Uda antenna with 2 x 9-elements placed 17 meters high
75cm band: Yagi-Uda antenna with 2 x 13-elements placed 17 meters high
25cm band: Yagi-Uda antenna with 18 elements placed 18 meters high
12cm band: Yagi-Uda antenna with 27-elements placed 18 meters high