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　I was born and raised in Akihabara, Tokyo, I was literally a "Radio Boy". I became interested in radio when I saw a scene in the American (CBS) comedy drama "Gilligan's Island" in which the cruise ship on which the main character, Gilligan (a sailor), was cast adrift due to engine trouble, and he converted a radio into a radio to send out an SOS on the island he reached.

　

In 1971, I got my 1st amateur radio station license of JE1BQE in Taito-ku, Tokyo, and in 1976, I also got my 2nd amateur radio station license of JA9QZH in Uozu-city, Toyama Pref. I have been enjoying radio ever since. My current job (designing wireless communication equipment) is also greatly influenced by this childhood hobby.

When I enjoy to activate amateur radio, I prefar the mysterious 50 MHz band, where we can suddenly hear amateur radio stations in places, where you normally can't hear them all over the world. and I love the "di-dah" communications in Morse code, which you can hear clearly through the noise, like a candle flame in the dark of night.

I have been enjoying to activate amateur radio from abroad. Since activating JE1BQE/DL and DK0RA from West Germany in 1976, we have enjoyed to activate amateur radio from overseas, including DL/JE1BQE in Germany after the unification of East and West, W4/JE1BQE, W6/JE1BQE, W7/JE1BQE, W9/JE1BQE (W* means the prefix in the callsign of U.S.A,), KH0/JE1BQE and KK6RT/KH0 (KH0 means the prefix in the callsign of Saipan), JD1BOO (Ogasawara Islands) , and HL3ZCG (Daejeon, Korea).

My hobby grew... I wanted to design my own ideal radios and antennas, so in 1987 I established my own radio equipment engineering company, AMPLET, Inc., which continues as AMPLET Communication Laboratory to now.

Currently, I make seminars on Wireless Communication Technology in various parts of Japan and lectures on Communications at some universities.

I am a member of : DXCC(Mix#17155, Phone#8291, CW#1849), QCWA#28339, SMIRK#6973,
JARL A1 Club #1682, SKCC#3086, 10-X#25509, CHC#5717, DIG#2491, JANET, ex JAIG #34

List of my : [Books], [Amateur Radio Magazin Articles], [Business Magazin Articles], [Seminar]

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I was licensed JE1BQE in 1971, and JA9QZH in 1976, respectively. There were many HAM Radio Operators to enjoy 50MHz Band in the 1970's, who were mostly junior high school or high school students. I used to enjoy talking with them when I was a boy, too.

In my Amateur 2nd-Class Radio Operator license in the 1970s, the maximum output power allowed in the 50MHz Band was 50 watts. If I had a Amateur 1st-Class Radio Operator license, the maximum output power allowed in the 50MHz Band was 50 watts at that time.

I upgraded my license to Amateur 1st-Class Radio Operator in 1983. Currently, the maximum output power allowed in the 50MHz Band is 1000 watts with Amateur 1st-Class Radio Operator license, and 200 watts with Amateur 2nd-Class Radio Operator license.

I am an active member of SMIRK (Six Meter International Radio Klub).

In my hobby of "amateur radio", I like to communicate by telegraphic communication using the most basic modulation, the dah-di Morse code, which communicates by interrupting the transmitted carrier wave. This is similar to communication by wolfsbane (wolf smoke). When you are communicating by voice into a microphone and suddenly the propagation of the radio wave becomes poor and it becomes difficult to hear the other party's voice, you can switch your voice to Morse code and continue communicating with the other party as if a light had just gone on in the dark night.

When I visited West Germany in 1976, Sigi (DK9FN), Bernhard (DF5FJ), and Holger (DF2FQ) took me to the Seligenstadt Amateur Radio Club (DOK F38, DK0RA). This was my first visiting the foreign amateur radio club. When I arrived at the DK0RA club house, Hans (DJ3QT) talked to me "Welcome to our club." by the Morse code stricken with the key connected to the audio monitor there.

Usually, when I communicate in Morse code, I use my home made Electronics Key by combining logic ICs to produce accurately 1:3 ratio of short to long dots, but sometimes I use a "Straight Key," which is used by a person called a "grasshopper with rice" to hit short and long dots. It is a Morse code with only "dah" and "di", but strangely enough, it still conveys emotion.

The left straight key was presented me by Dr. Karl-Heinz Ilg (DK2WV), who is one of my best friends, and is a famous DX Peditioner in the world. Vielen Dank, lieber Karl !

There are some community groups (clubs) for the person who loves Morse code communication. I am a member of "JARL A1 Club" (#1682), "Straight Key Century Club" (SKCC #3086), and "Quarter Century Wireless Association" (QCWA #28339) that consists of members who hold a current amateur radio license and held an amateur radio license 25 years ago or more.

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  • JE1BQE, JA9QZH, JD1BOO, HL3ZCG

    OP : Dr. NEBIYA Hideyuki

    Amateur 1st Class Radio Operator

    QTH : AMPLET Communication Lab.

    4-2, Taito 3-chome, Taito-ku,

    Tokyo 110-0016, JAPAN

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