I am pleased to announce that Katsuhiro “Don” Kondou, JH5GHM, has agreed to join the CQ WW DX Contest Committee. We have been looking for a JA representative to replace Tack, JE1CKA, since he left the committee last Fall. Don has been helpful with the CQ WPX Contest and I am sure he will add a valuable Japanese perspective to the Committee.
Don received his first operator license in 1978 and soon got a station license (JH5GHM) in early 1979. He started DXing and contesting in 1979. Like many of us, his first contest was CQ WW SSB. “During my campus life in Tokyo Institute of Technology I devoted myself to contests as JA1YAD. After graduation, my radio life…was totally dormant from early 90’s until 2010. In the early summer of 2010, my wife woke my radio life up and rebooted me. Since then I’ve been catching up on lost 20 years and trying to be in any of the major contests.”
Welcome aboard Katsuhiro-san.
Randy Thompson, K5ZD
Director – CQ WW DX Contest