To date I have 112 Japanese MW QSLs. All the way from seven of the 50 watt Lighthouse stations to the 500 KWers. I am trying to log & QSL at least one from each prefecture if possible. I have about 2/3 now. But some only have lp stations. Being only 4,000+ miles from Japan, the country is easy to log and especially in the Fall, many of the low powered JJs are common. The Japanese stations are fun to log. IDs are pretty easy to catch on the commercial stations, as they use slogans often. Japan probably is one of the best in obtaining QSLs. I have nearly 100% return. Most have beautiful QSL cards too. I wish most stations around the world were that easy to QSL. Many of the engineers are active Hams too and the Japanese DX Clubs ae very involved. I know of several Japanese MW DXers that love hearing Filipinos and Indonesians. I would love to visit Japan one day and visit some of the stations I have heard. I got my first MW JJ QSL back in the 60s. I believe (without checking), the QSL was from 5 KWer JOHP, then on 1300 khz. This was from Seward AK which is much closer to Japan. I remember well listening night after night to the Far East Network, then on 1550 khz from Tokyo. Now they are on 810. The FEN in Seward AK, was about as common as Hawaii is here. Their Top 40 rock format was cool to listen to. Bringing back a lot of memories, Armed Forces Radio Taiwan with 5 KW on 1560 was another common catch. I even got one of their 1 KW relays on 1570 QSL'd too. It makes me think about moving back to Seward.....
73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
