Kirt Cathey, NH2GX, JG1FXZ » ARRL http://www.sysrisk.com Security, Electronics, and Tech from Japan Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:38:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 JG1FXZ…. Ham Fair 2009 In Tokyo http://www.sysrisk.com/?p=108 http://www.sysrisk.com/?p=108#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:34:58 +0000 admin http://www.sysrisk.com/?p=108 Last Friday, after exactly six weeks had past, I finally received my Japanese call sign. So now in the US I can operate as NH2GX and in Japan, can operate as JG1FXZ. So, of course, I get on the radio first thing Saturday morning and not a soul is broadcasting. Read a couple emails and find that the Japan Ham Fair. It was a great event! Here’s a picture of the Yokohama DX Club booth. A lot of new and used equipment for sale, different clubs with booths. I personally am not much of a ‘club’ kinda guy – Japanese love moving in groups, waiting in lines, and not enjoying privacy and solace. I do things like mountain climbing and experimenting with electronics/radio to break away from people; not to meet more of them. All that said however, going to the Ham Fair was very interesting since it is refreshing to see what other people are up to and exchange ideas when possible.
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Here is a picture of yours truly. I picked a small used element holder that I turned into a 50 MHz dipole yesterday, but may find it’s way to a driven element of a bigger yagi antenna over the next couple weeks.
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