Foto Tokyo Ham Fair 2012 The Amateur Radio Festival

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Japan Ham Fair 2012
Tokyo Big Sight
August 25 & 26, 2012


Japan Ham Fair 2012


Ham Fair entrance on the right, thousands of girls lining up of the left for a pop idol CD release event on the left


entrance to the main commercial exhibit hall


main forum area


JARL Desk, including the ever-popular DXCC card checking


8J1A Special Event Station, operating from 7MHz to 1.2GHz


8J1A antenna farm on the convention center roof




roof-topping on the convention center






the number of homebrew contest entries has declined


paddles and accessories from GHD Key


straight key assortment from GHD


Radix Antennas for HF, VHF, & UHF. (If you've worked me moutain-topping, I've probably been using one of their antennas.)


people admiring my new Luso Tower on display before delivery




DARC booth


Icom "concept model" of a black box D-STAR radio with tablet/smartphone user interface


Icom ID-51 144/430 D-STAR handheld


Icom IC-7100 radio with slanted remote head


retailers were doing a brisk business


rows of club booths (and junk sale)


Yaesu FTdx-3000


Yaesu FTM-400D digital V/U radio


Yeasu FT1D digital handheld


Alinco demonstrating SDR transceiver that works with PC sound card


Alinco DX-SR9T transceiver (there is also a general coverage receiver, DX-R8)


TIARA (Tokyo International Amateur Radio Association) booth, with W6J special event station (via VoIP and remote control of a station in California) celebrating the club's 40th anniversary


CBQ had the usual antenna parts, plus a LiFePO4 20 AH battery pack


JAMSAT


Engineering model of the SEEDS cubesat


Nippon Boy Scout Amateur Radio Club