Kazu, JA1RJU

Name: Kazuo Ogasawara Call: JA1RJU Nationality: Japanese 3B9 Responsibilities: Team Member

DXpedition Experience:
KG6RO (Saipan Northern Mariana, 1978)
9M6MA (East Malaysia, 1980)
BT4RJU & BT1HHL(China, 1985)
9V1ES (Singapore, 1989)
KH2K (Guam, 1990)
BS7H (Scarborough Reef, 1997)
KH2K/AH0 (Saipan Northern Mariana, 1997)
9M0C (Spratly Is, 1998)
9M6JU (Sabah East Malaysia, 1998)
JA1RJU/JD1 (Ogasawara Is, 1998)
T88JU (Rep of Palau, 2000)
9M0F (Spratly Is, 2000)
D68C (Comoros Is, 2001)

Significant Operations:
KH2K/AH0 (Saipan Northern Mariana 1997,1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
9M6JU (Sabah East Malaysia 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
CY7J (Vancouver Canada, 1992)
VE7RJU (Canada, 1997)

Other Calls:
KH2K, VE7RJU, 9M6JU, T88JU, VK6KK

Club Memberships:
JARL
ARRL(DXCC HONOR ROLL & 6m DXCC No#157)
CDXC(Chiltern DX Club)
SMIRK(Six Meter International Radio Klub #448)
SARS (Sabah Amateur Radio Society)
IPARN (The Inter-provincial Amateur Radio Network)

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 Honor Roll and has 180 DXCC countries confirmed on 6 metres.

Kazu has operated from a number of DXCC entities between 1977 and 2003.

Operations have included KG6/R (now KH0), KG6(now KH2), BT4RJU & BT1HHL, 9M6JU, T88JU, 9V1ES, CY7J, BS7H, KH2K/AH0, JD1/O, 9M0C and D68C. 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.