[Dx-qsl] Online Callbook for Japan?

[VR2BrettGraham]

JG1OWV added:

>That's decades ago. As far as I know, more than these ten years we DON'T
>have a covering callbook by Japanese CQ magazine. Instead JARL continues
>publishingits member callbook, but only contains member claimed information.
>Beside it, we can visit authority website to see which district 
>any  particular
>callsign is licensed in. For example below JA6DIJ is listed in KUMAMOTO
>prefecture for WAJA award. However detail mailing address can NOT be
>obtained by it.  If you get NO information at Google search, I suspect he is
>already out of  DX world.

There is also on-line licence database from MPT, but of course the sort
of personal information such as an address I don't think it can provide.

Found by Googling for JA6DIJ:

Mutsumasa Inoue
3601 Suya
Koshi-city
Kumamoto 861-1102
JAPAN

For others, JIDX logs might be a good resource (ken [prefecture] number is
exchange sent by JAs in that one).  I can look through my collection of
JIDX logs for you Tim if you seek more.  Used to be enough JA activity that
you could do WAJA in a weekend in that contest, sponsor would even
send a certificate for it unsolicited.

All JAs know their ken, JCC and/or JCG number, so ask when working them.
Also, quite a bit of JCC/JCG "expedition" activity can be found about 50 kc
up from band edge most weekends - these guys seem to get a real kick
out of DX joining the chase as they hop around the bands.

73, ex-VR2BG/p.

>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Htorr at aol.com>
>To: <timgep at yahoo.com>; <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 9:46 PM
>Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Online Callbook for Japan?
>
> > I used to subscribe to the Japanese CQ  magazine.  The good news is they
> > would periodically put out a supplement to  the Japanese call book.  The
> > bad
> > news is that is was all written in  Japanese.
> >
> >     The Japanese who are interested quite often send  their name, call and
> > address in Latin letters to the International Call  Book.
> >
> > Tom,  W6HT
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 2/14/2010 5:17:57 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > timgep at yahoo.com writes:
> >
> > I am  trying to work and QSL JA stations for their WAJA prefecture award.
> > I have  worked some stations that I cannot find their prefecture online.
> > For  example,  JA6DIJ is not listed in either QRZ.com nor Hamcall.net .
> > Google
> > searches do not find it either.
> >
> > Does anyone have a link for  an online callbook for Japan?