In 1990, from February to May, I stayed in Peru for my work for two months and a half. About one month before going there, I received a Peruvian station calling CQ in English rarely in my mobile station. He was OA4BJM living in Lima. I told him my visit to Peru and he gave me his private phone number. In Peru, I stayed in Huaral, about 80 km north of Lima for the work. After one week of my arrival when I was little bit steady for the life, I called him up. At that moment the telephone line from Huaral to Lima was not automatic dialing, so I had to ask operator and wait. It was just like a telephone system when I was a child. Waiting more than one hour, finally the operator connected the line and I could contact with him successfully and make eye-ball QSO with him and other Peruvian amateur radio operators. I contributed about the situation of ham in Peru to CQ ham radio magazine, p. 404 of August 1990 issue.
OA4BJM Alex
Alex's house is located in a residential area in the Pueblo Libre, central part of Lima. When I first visited, he was climbing a tower and working on welding. He was a technician
who made his own tower and antenna. The 14 MHz band I heard there sounded very different from Japan. I could hear very well the stations all over South and North America. I also
learned that phone patch trafic was one of the important tasks of amateur radio in Peru at that time because the telephone network was not well developed. While I was at his house,
he was called twice and I was able to see Alex calling an amateur radio station of requested destination on the 7 MHz band.
I visited his house twice after all. The second time I stayed for 2 nights, operated as a guest operator with the call sign of OA4/JA3RTU. From early morning, I could communicate
with many Japanese stations. He also took me to the Radio Club Peruano in Lima.
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Shack of OA4BJM Transceiver is Yaesu FT101 Red telephone in front of him is for phone pach trafic. |
Home brewed 4 elements monoband Yagi-Uda antenna for 14 MHz band. The reflector element was broken by strong sea wind. |
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Radio Club Peruano
Radio Club Peruano (The Peruvian Radio Club) was founded in 1930 and is located in the San Isidro district of Lima. The building is a magnificent three-story building. Most noticeable is the parabolic antenna for EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) communication) with a diameter of 7 m, which was just set up in March of that year (1990). This event was also reported in the local newspaper. Here, I met the main members, including the club president. Among them, OA4BC, Carlos, is a wireless engineer, but during his stay in Japan, he was a lecturer of Spanish course in the educational TV channel of NHK. An amateur radio training course was being held at the club. The Peruvian QSL Bureau is also set up here. (31 March, 1990)
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Member of Radio Club Peruano |
JA3RTU signing on an autograph book |
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Training couse of radio amateur of the club |
QSL bureau |
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OA4O Radio Club Peruano
The main operation room was a glass room with a good view just like a control tower of airport. Transceivers are American Colins S-Line. Rigs for UHF/VHF were also equipped.
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Antennas of OA4O |
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Computer for EME communication control |
Linear amplifire for EME |
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