Name:
Kazuo Ogasawara
Call:
JA1RJU
Nationality:
Japanese
T32C Responsibilities:
Team Member
6m specialist
DXpedition Experience:
KG6RO (Saipan Northern Mariana, 1978)
9M6MA (East Malaysia, 1980)
BT4RJU & BT1HHL(China, 1985)
9V1ES (Singapore, 1989)
KH2K (Guam Is, 1990)
BS7H (Scarborough Reef, 1997=3rd)
KH2K/AH0 (Saipan Northern Mariana, 1997)
9M0C (Malaysian Spratly Is, 1998=FSDXA)
9M6JU ( East Malaysia, 1998)
JA1RJU/JD1 (Ogasawara Is, 1998)
T88JU (Rep of Palau, 2000)
9M0F (Malaysian Spratly Is, 2000)
D68C (Comoros Is, 2001 - FSDXA)
9M0SEA (West Malaysia, 2003)
3B9C (Rodrigues Is, 2004 - FSDXA)
KH0/KH2K (Saipan Northern Mariana, 2005 - 50MHz EME)
DZ1JP (Philippines, 2006 - 50/144MHz EME)
DX0JP (Philippines Spratly Is, 2007 - HF & 50/144MHz EME)
DX0EME (Philippines, 2008 - 144/432MHz EME
Significant Operations:
KH2K/AH0 (Saipan Northern Mariana 1997,1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)
9M6JU (East Malaysia 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008)
CY7J (Vancouver Canada, 1992)
VE7RJU (Canada, 1997)
Other Calls:
KH2K, VE7RJU, 9M6JU, T88JU
Club Memberships:
JARL (Life member)
ARRL(DXCC #1 HONOR ROLL & 6m DXCC No#157)
CDXC(Chiltern DX Club)
SMIRK(Six Meter International Radio Klub #448)
SARS (Sabah Amateur Radio Society)
Home Page: www5.big.or.jp/~ja1rju/
About Kazu: First amateur licensed in 1957 as JA7JU, Kazu began DXing very early on, especially on 6 metres. Kazu holds US Extra Class callsign KH2K (since 1988), also Canada VE7RJU and East Malaysia 9M6JU. He is on the DXCC #1 Honor Roll and has 193 DXCC countries confirmed on 6 metres band (2010).
Kazu has operated from a number of DXCC entities between 1977 and 2008.
Operations have included KG6/R (now KH0), KG6(now KH2), BT4RJU & BT1HHL, 9M6JU, T88JU, 9V1ES, CY7J, BS7H, KH2K/AH0, JD1/O, 9M0C, D68C,3B9C. DX0JP and DX0EME. Kazu was responsible for the first 6 meter operations from KG6RO(Saipan) in 1978, 9M6MA (East Malaysia) in 1980, BT4RJU (China) in 1985 and BS7H (Scarborough Reef) in 1997.
