I'm Yosi JA3AAW. 
I got the First class amateur radio operator license in 1954 at age 19 
and have been licensed my station since 1958. 

I enjoy DXing so much and have 363 confirmed entities and DXCC Honor roll. 
My favorite mode is CW!

The station is located 1 mile south-west of the 135E/35N cross point. 
The QTH is surrounded by mountains, so I'm handicapped on the higher bands. 
Then, I like to chase DX on the low-bands, especially on 160M and 80M. 

Grid Locator: PM74LX (Again, one mile south-west of the 135E/35N cross point). 
Japan Standard Time (JST) is based on 135 deg E latitude line. 

My DXCC and WAZ scores: (As of 2006/11) 
	          DXCC     WAZ 
	 MIX   *  366      40 
	 CW    *  340      40 
	Phone     300?     40 
	160m   *  194      39 
	 80m   *  280      40 
	 40m      270?     40 
	 30m      298      40 
	 20m        ?      40 
	 17m      160?      ? 
	 15m        ?      40 
	 12m      150?      ? 
	 10m        ?      38? 

Equipments and antennas:
  Rig: TS-950SDX,  Linear Amp: HL-3KDX 1KW. 
  Ant: 15/20M= 5 ele dual-bander,  30/40M= dual band dipole. 
       80M= 3/4 wave length slopers,  160M= Inverted V dipole & 1/4 wl sloper. 
       12/17M= dual band dipole,  10M= GP. 
  Ant-tower: 24m high crank-up type, made by Aichi tower. 
  No VHF Packet-cluster / RTTY. 

Association and Club Memberships: 
  Japanese Amateur Radio League (JARL)
  Nara DX Association (NDXA)

Other interests include: photography, gardening, golf, listening to music and 
volunteer service in the local community.

Population of our city: about 45,000.