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Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
The Trio 9R4 series receivers
(Also known as Lafayette HE-10/KT-200) W9RAN Comment: In this blog entry, Masa discusses the first Trio receiver, model 9R4 and its successors. This is one of the few Japanese receivers that is familiar to US hams because a later version was imported and sold well in the US by Lafayette Radio Electronics as the HE-10 or KT-200 if it was sold in kit form. These receivers look like a Hallicrafters... READ MORE |
 W9RAN 04/05/2022 |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
The "All Japanese Five" radio
National (Panasonic) used to mass produce this type of radio so that every household had one of these. But TV gained more popularity, so people stopped listening to radio. My dad had a National 5 tube radio and phonograph player with shortwave radio. In JA, 3.5Mc to 12Mc range was standard for these radios. There was a short wave radio station ... READ MORE |
W9RAN 03/02/2022 |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
The Romance of Shortwave
Why we were so fascinated by shortwave back in those days? ? am thinking, because of small world we lived in. We all relied on most of things on our parents... but one day somewhere when we were teenagers, we had a dream that someday we will travel the word and will see different scenery and people... But in reality, we got stuck in school and home work and a l... READ MORE |
W9RAN 03/02/2022 |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
Starting point: Trio TX-88
Ham Radio from a Japanese perspective Masamichi Yamamoto (Masa, AB9MQ) is a long-time check-in and contributor to the DX-60 net. As one who first become interested in Ham Radio as a boy in Japan, his memories of early radios and what it was like to be a ham are a bit different than most of us. Fortunately, Masa has agreed to share his memories and his expanding collection of early Japan... READ MORE |
W9RAN 02/27/2022 |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
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