Some pretty good JA rates are still available from the west coast. Last
September N6RO in the CQWW RTTY reported that from his 2-operator
multi-multi that 780 JA QSOs were completed out of 2806, or about 28% of
all QSOs.
But yes, not like it used to be, especially on the more difficult path to
the east coast. I remember those "good old days" , working even 5- and
10-watt mobiles in downtown Tokyo during multiple 100-hour runs in from the
east coast during the late 1970's sunspot peak; and listening to W7RM
running JAs with his second antenna part-way down the cliff to lessen
stateside QRM off the back!
Is it just a coincidence that the number of licensees and activity
decreased as economic troubles overtook the prosperity of the 1970's &
1980's?
Dave K3ZJ
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Katsuhiro Kondou <kondou@voyackey.net>
wrote:
> In article <BLU404-EAS8080DBBCDC60A897EB07809EBB0@phx.gbl>,
> Ken K6MR <k6mr@outlook.com> wrote,
> on "Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:38:30 -0800";
>
> > I have no idea. I got inactive about 1974, and when I returned in the
> 2000s they were gone.
> >
> > Someone lurking here must have gone through the change, perhaps a
> history lesson?
> >
> > Ken K6MR
> >
> > From: Ktfrog007@aol.com<mailto:Ktfrog007@aol.com>
> > Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 20:14
> > To: k6mr@outlook.com<mailto:k6mr@outlook.com>; cq-contest@contesting.com
> <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
> > Subject: JA's long time passing
> >
> > What happened to all that JA activity?
>
> The number of amateur radio station license in Japan is about one third at
> the
> peak in mid 90's, and the current number is almost like what was in early
> 80's.
> At the moment, I don't see so much activities for those who were teenage
> around
> 1980. Likewise, please correct me if I'm wrong, I don't see so much
> activities
> from west cost like what was about 30 years ago. Now it's quite difficult
> to
> be a continental winner for CQWW(SOABHP) from JA.
> --
> Katsuhiro 'Don' Kondou, JH5GHM(JH1GBZ)
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