I was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. In 1985, when I was a junior-high student, I have got my amateur radio license. My amateur radio station's license (JS1LQI) has been issued on June 1, 1985. Since then I have enjoyed an amateur radio. When I was a high school student, I passed the 3rd, 2nd and 1st class examination for the amateur radio license and enjoyed the club station's operations (JA1YHB). As a member of JA1YGX, I also enjoyed the contests and outdoor operations at the Chuo University. My wife, Satomi, is also a licensed amateur radio operator and her license has been issued as JA1MFL.

In 2004, I have got my extra class license and got my US call sign AB3BU. Since my Japanese call sign is JS1LQI, I applied for a vanity call sign and N3LQ has been issued on May 1, 2004. For a while, I lived in Monroeville, PA and from June, 2004 to May, 2006, I lived in Los Angeles, CA. Now I have moved back to Tokyo Japan.

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