[CW] Japan CQ Magazine

[Darrel Emerson]

Thanks for that great explanation about Japanese text!
73
   Darrel aa7fv


On Wed, Feb 19, 2025, 14:22 Hy Chantz <chantz at well.com> wrote:

> Thanks for posting!  I'm studying Japanese just a bit and what surprises
> me is how accessible some of the writing in "CQ Ham Radio" magazine is,
> even for a total beginner.
>
> Technical Japanese is often written in Katakana (the 46-syllable phonetic
> Japanese alphabet for foreign words) and it is often transliterated English.
>
> Thus, for example, the red letters on the top of the left page spell out
> (in Japanese phonetic Katakana)   " A N Te Na Tuuu Na..." i.e. "antenna
> tuner". Underneath is "Ga Ee Doh" i,e, "guide".
>
> The top yellow letters on the right side say "Ah Ma Chee Yu Ah" (Amateur)
>  followed by "Mu Sen" - two Japanese Kanji characters which mean "wireless"
> (..think Yaesu Musen)
>
> They also use this style for phonetic depiction in English of phrases
> which would have perfectly good native equivalents in Japanese  - e.g.
> phonetic spellings of equipment "First Impressions" and "User Reports".
>
> "CQ Ham Radio" is an amazing magazine, the size of a small local phone
> book.  The February issue had an article about a nearby (New York) AM radio
> station going entirely digital in transmission - which had surprised me
> some months previously when all I heard was noise on my car radio!
>
> Hopefully,, I'll be able to actually read most of the Japanese in the
> magazine before cycle 26!  :)
>
> What a great hobby Ham Radio is!
>
> Hy W2HY
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>
> *To: *"CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 19, 2025 12:44:15 AM
> *Subject: *[CW] Japan CQ Magazine
>
> https://ham.cqpub.co.jp/
> https://ham.cqpub.co.jp/
>
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 73
> DR
>
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