About the author of this site.

Old Transcivers, Transmitters and Receivers using Vacume Tubes.

Direct link to the Collins KWM-2 page

My shack at August 2005.
I obtained several tube transcivers from the auction. From the Top to the Bottom.
R-599 full solid state receiver made by TRIO (now Kenwood).
TRIO TS-900D (upgraded form type -X) and VFO-900S for export model.
TRIO TS-511S and VFO-511S
Collins KWM-2
Kenwood TS-940S, TS-711D and Icom IC-501.

My name is NOHIRA Osamu. I am a Neurologist. I own and operate the Ham Radio Station
with the call sign "JF1DCU". I live in a suburb of Tokyo, JAPAN.

This is my home and the antenna system.

Goto Tower construction. クランクアップタワー建設記

I was born in Tokyo, in the year 1958.

My favorite activity is "HOW to WORK SO" mind.

I made my first Germanium Diode Radio when I was 10 years old.

When I was 12 years old I made three Vacuum Tube Radios.

At 13 years of age I obtained a Ham Radio license.

When I was 15 years old I made several Digital Clocks using TTL-ICs.

At 17 years of age, I built an Intel 8080A computer system.

I created a Motorola 6809 computer system when I was 18 years old.
If I had enough talent, I would have been like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.

I love Apple's Macintosh personal computers.

I love traveling all over the world.

My favorite subjects are Science and Arts.

I am currently a Neurologist (medical doctor) at a hospital
located in Yokohama city, JAPAN.

I have a cat called "TAMANENNKO", she sometimes bites me.

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This site was tested with Safari 2.1 using Mac Mini which running Mac OS-X 10.4 (Tiger).

Current operation system for Ham Radio;
TS-940S+(14MHz; full size 4el Yagi, 28MHz; long John 7el Yagi)
TS-430S+(430MHz 32elX2X2)
motor-winched Tower Maximum 22m high.

See you on 20m and 10m band, best 73 & 88 from Tokyo.