The Japan Ham Fair 2005 was held at Tokyo Big Sight (sic) again this year, August 21 and 22. Attendance was up 2,000 over last year, with 16,000 visiting on Saturday and 13,000 on Sunday.
Yaesu has introduced their new FT-2000 HF to 50MHz transceiver, and Tokyo Hy Power has a variety of new amplifier and automatic antenna tuner products. Icom was showing off the IC-7000 transceiver. Comet and Diamond are each showing new “broadband” short HF antennas.
Ham Fair 2005
Entrance to the commercial exhibits, with Standard, Icom, and Kenwood
Main presentation corner
Victor Goonetilleke, 4S7VK, President of the Radio Society of Sri Lanka explaining their experience following the Tsunami disaster of 2004
standing room only at the CQ ham radio stage for the QRP talk
ARRL corner with DXCC card checking
convention center rooftop was host to live steam and the 8J1A antenna farm
steam engine and the 8J1A antennas
Tokyo Bay beside the convention center
8J1A antenna farm
JARL D-Star booth
8J1A special event station from 7MHz to 1290MHz, including D-Star stations for 144/430/1200