WAS

AWARDS

WAC

 My first award on amateur radio is WAC, the award was obtained in 1960.
 The following QSL cards were used for the application to ARRL:

Continent  Station Call   Date of QSO   Band     Mode   Remarks
Aisia         JA1BTG   April 2, 1958    40m     AM   My local friend
Europe     UC2OM   October 9, 1959    40m      CW   Mike, now 4Z5JU
Oceania     DU7SV   August 17, 1959   40m     CW   Mr. Volt
North America  K6KDS   March 6, 1960      40m     CW   Richard, now KH6RO
South America  OA4FM   March 4, 1960    40m     CW
Africa       FA8RJ   December 27, 1959  40m     CW          

I was first licensed in 1953 as JA1LZ at the age of 15.
The license was: output 10watts, a.m. mode and 40m band.
The frequency was limited to only 7050 and 7087.5 KHz
then. There was much QRM on the band, but I enjoyed
domestic QSO.
My first DX was with KH6AWM, the nxet day I got W6MEL
in 1954. My rig was homebrew of X-tal oscillator 6AG7 and
power amplifier 807.
In 1959, I got advanced license called "the new 2nd class amateur radio operator" and began to operate cw mode.
At that time we could use between 7,000 and 7,100 KHz on 40-meter band.

In 1961, I obtained advanced license "1st class amr operator" and I began to operate
cw and ssb modes on 20 meter band. I built a cubical quad antenna for 20 meter band
up 8 meters, and made filter-type SSB exiter using FT241 crystals.
My amplifier was made of a pair of 4E27s, and provided 250 watts PEP output with
2,500 volts and 200m amp. plate current.
Many US stations I had talked to sent me useful QSL cards for the WAS award..

Rev. April  23, 2022

Thanks for reading all this - 73's
- Jiro, a 1937 model operator

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In 1998, I resumed my activity in ham radio. My new rig is ICOM's IC-746 and antenna
is a V-dipole on the roof.
Because of low output power and simple antenna, my operation is mainly for domestic QSO
and a few DX QSOes by PSK31 and CW modes.
Now I have been chasing "JCA" (JAIA Club Award) , the award calls for contacting with
amateur radio stations of 1000 different suffixes.
For the details of the JCA, please refer to JAIA web-pages
Although I have got the basic certificate requring 1000 points, I am trying to get the higher
certificate.
My present points are: 14,058       JAIA Web-pages  http://www.jaia.or.jp/

JCA

QSL Card Gallery  Please drop in QSL Card Gallery
The cubical quad antenna made of bamboo trees was weak in its strength and was broken
2-3 years after the construction. In 1961, after the graduation from my school, I became
an emproyee of a chemical and petroleum plant engineering and construction company.
My ham operation became inactive gradually.

QSL Card from UA3KBA
OP Victor in Moscow
    (UA3-27011)

QSL Card from WA2SFP later W2PV
Op: JIM Lawson, a famous contester
QSO: May 1, 1962, 14mc 2 way SSB

QSL Cards from K7IWH/MM sailing North
Alaska K7IWH/MM was the call sign
of the historic US Coast Guard Cutter
Northwind WAGB 282 in the 1950's
and 1960's.
Op: Russ,  QSO: Sept. 9, 1961, 14mc
2 way SSB You may have seen these
cards at the page of K7IWH at QRZ.com.

JAN-CYN-4E27
Revis Electronics
 Made in USA

QSL Card from 4Z5JU in ISRAEL
Op: Michael Kaplan since 1948
ex: UC2OM, UA9OCD, UB5RAF
  and US7RA

To Radio JA1LZ
Ur cw sigs RST 569
on 7mc
on 09.10, 1959
TX INPUT 200 Wtts
RX 14 Tubes
Windom Ant
73! OP Mike
QTH: Gomel

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W4BBL
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W6FOJ
W7GK
W7NJG
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K7DAS
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K7NDB
W8ACT
W8PQQ
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W9GPI
K9EAB
K9ECE
W0DU
W0WO
W0JPW
W0PBL
K0IFL
K0KKN
K0MAC
K0WEM
KH6IJ
KL7MF
I was very glad to receive the WAS award in 1963. The following QSL cards were used
for the application of the award:

 State  Station Call QSO Band  Mode   State  Station Call   QSO Band  Mode