[CQ-Contest] No more JAs

[Frank Hunt]

Plenty of JA's in my logs. Some recent contests:
CQWW CW 7MHz only - 236 JA out of 1551 qso
ARRL 10M CW - 132 JA out of 648 qso
JIDX - 535 qso all JA.

There should be plenty of JA's in the JIDX next month and the All 
Asian in June.

73, Frank ZL2BR

>   Can anyone in this reflector explain to me why JA no longer has  a
>   vast representation in international contests? Are they loosing
>   interest in contesting? What is wrong with JA radio amateurs? Less
>   and less JA contesters are active after each contest! Do they want
>   more plaques or trophies? If that is the case, I would be more than
>   happy to sponsor a couple plaques in major contests, just for the
>   JAs. Can anybody contact JARL, so they can promote contest
>   activities???? JAs WE NEED YOU BACK into CONTESTING!!!!!!!!!!!!! I 
>   would really love to hear 20 and 40 in the morning crowded by JAs
>   like they were 15 years ago! Not just a couple of booming signals
>   like nowadays.
> 
>   Regards to all.
> 
> 
>   Martin, LU5DX
>