[Moon] Tragedy of JA9BOH

[Zdenek SAMEK-OK1DFC]

Very sad news and a great loss for our EME community. I worked with Kimio as
my first EME JA station on 432 MHz in 1997. My deepest condolences to Kimio'
s family. R.I.P. Kimio

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Od: Conrad PA5Y via Moon <moon at moonbounce.info>
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Datum: 12. 2. 2021 15:47:22
Předmět: Re: [Moon] Tragedy of JA9BOH 
"I am very sorry to hear about Kimio, this is terrible news, he was my first
JA on 432MHz EME from G and many of us will remember him from Antartica on 2
m EME.

Please pass my condolences to his family and friends.

RIP Kimio.

73

Conrad PA5Y/G0RUZ



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From: Moon <moon-bounces at moonbounce.info> on behalf of M. Watanabe via Moon 
<moon at moonbounce.info>
Sent: 12 February 2021 15:26
To: moon at moonbounce.info <moon at moonbounce.info>
Subject: [Moon] Tragedy of JA9BOH

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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