http://ict-kuwa.net/dx/bouvet

A fully remote controlled station on the mountain top (500 meters above sea level)

I got up with the chickens and went to bed with the owls every weekend since November 2009 to build up this station on the top of the mountain. So when I came back to my home at night, I was a whipped puppy. However I finally completed it in September 2010.!! Only a loony guy could make it. A loony guy made a loony station at last. So I am as happy as a dead pig in the sunshine now.

 

Chaque week-end depuis novembre 2009, je me réveillais très tôt le matin et me couchais très tard le soir pour construire cette station sur le sommet de la montagne. Alors lorsque je revenais le soir à ma maison, j'étais épuisé.  Quoiqu'il en soit, je suis tout de même parvenu à la terminer en septembre 2010.!! Seul un type fou aurait pu le faire. Un type fou a construit une station un peu folle. Donc j'en suis très content, et je suis heureux maintenant.

 

 

As for the Versa Antenna (variable frequency antenna) from Kojinsha, you can get more pieces of informaton from the following web site. Please be noticed that this unmacthed Versa Antenna has been just developed and that it could be a good competitor for StepIR and Ultra Beam.

    

           http://www.kojinsha.jp/ka1_en/index.html

 

Please enjoy the movie which shows how this Versa Antenna rotates at my QTH.

 

         

       

 

Lightening Protective Devices

 

AC Power line Lightening Protective Devices       Antenna Cable Lightening Protective Device

    

 

Please watch the video which shows how the two connectors are attached and detached with just a click on the PC window.

              

 

Control Devices

 

Relay Control  Box                                           Control Panel

             

 

 

Antennas for 160 meters band

       

     Relay box with pre-amplifier   

 

The antennas can be switched by the PC.

 

Road repair video

 

 

 

Name : Joe Aoki
Born : October, 1951  65 years old (as of October 2016)
First licensed : In March 1966 as JA1WSA in Tokyo
Other callsigns : JA1WSA, VK2EVP/LH, XX9WS, WV2Y

 

Nom : Joe Aoki

Né : octobre, 1951 65 ans (en octobre 2016)

Licensé 1èrement : en mars 1966 comme JA1WSA à Tokyo

Autre indicatifs : JA1WSA, VK2EVP/LH, XX9WS, WV2Y

My Personal History :

1966 First licensed as JA1WSA in Tokyo.
1974 Lived in Palo Alto, California but unable to get an American license due to a foreigner clause.
1976-78 Lived in Paris but unable to get a French license due to no reciprocal agreement between Japan and France.
1982 Received the callsign of JJ3PRT in Osaka. Please watch the video of the antenna that I was using during this period.

 

    

 

1987 Moved to Nara
1989-94 Lived in Paramus, New Jersey and operated as WV2Y.
1994 Moved back to Nara

2010 Made a shack on the top of the mountain in Uda city Nara. (JCC#2412)

Mon Histoire Personnelle :

 

1966 Licensé premièrement comme JA1WSA à Tokyo.

1974 Habitais à Palo Alto Californie, mais incapable obtenir une licence américaine à cause de une clause de l'étranger.

1976-78 Habitais à Paris, mais incapable obtenir une licence française à cause de non réciprocité accord entre le japon et la france.

1982 Reçu l' indicatife de JJ3PRT à Osaka

1987 Habitais à Nara

1989-94 Habitais à Paramus, New Jersey et opérais comme WV2Y.

1994 Retourné à Nara

2010 Fait un shack sur le sommet de la montagne à Uda en Nara. (JCC#2412)

My DXpedition History :

May 1977 HV3SJ ( Vatican city)

1982-86 XX9WS, XX9WW (Macau)

Nov 1985 VK2EVP/LH (Lord Howe Island)

1989-94 4U1UN (United Nations)

My comment :

- Low band DX is difficult, but it is worth suffering through.
-A good hunter hunts without his dog.

Mon commentaire :

 

- Basse bande DX est difficile, mais il vaut souffrir.

- Un bon chasseur chasse sans son chien.