[Moon] Tragedy of JA9BOH

Enrico Baldacci i5wbe at i5wbe.it
Fri Feb 12 16:13:49 CET 2021


Another very sad news !

My condolence to his Family

R.I.P. Kimio

Enrico i5wbe


Il 12/02/2021 15:26, M. Watanabe via Moon ha scritto:
> A sudden tragic news came in:
> JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa passed away Feb. 11. He fell down during the antenna maintenance.
>
> Kimio is a retired professor of the national high techinical institute, as well as an enthusiastic EME operator since 1978, an amateur satellite and HF DX operator, and the present Vise-president of Japan Amateur Radio League.
> Kimio was a research crew of Japanese Antarctic Exploiters as a scientific researcher for atmospheric conditions using a large log-periodic antenna array. And he did not forget to operate 2m CW EME from 8J1RL Showa Base during his over-winter stay.
>
> Kimio introduced to JA, the K2RIW and W9QX UHF power amplifiers, and K2RIW yagis. Original BOH yagis are popular among JA moon-bouncers.
>
> Personally, Kimio was my teacher for amateur satellite communications since I operated AO-10 from Taiwan for the first time, during the our amateur deligates of BV0JA and BV0YL in 1984.
> Later in ‘90s, when I began EME activity, I was searching for some power tubes to use for my 70cm and 23cm operation. Kimio introduced cavity amplifiers. One was an airborne cavity using RCA rugged UHF tetrode 7213, a propper model for modification to 70cm, which was delivered from K5JL, and another one for 23cm of TH327 of DL9EBL, handled by DF6NA.
> That’s the initiation of my EME operation of the following years.
>
> And only a month before, he sent me many parts of 39D coaxial hard-lines, and bundles of his homebrew dried persimon.
>
> Seemingly, since Kimio is an willing 70cm CW EME operator, he must have intended to operate DUBUS/REF 70cm Contest CW and SSB only, which will be held next week.  That may be the reason why he climbed up the snow-covered rooftop for antenna maintenance.
>
> To prey for the sole of Kimio, we must participate DUBUS/REF 70cm, and remember our memories with him.
>
> Incidentally it is his birthday, today.
> R.I.P. and 73’es to Kimio, and heartful condolence to his family.
>
> Mike JH1KRC
>
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