In January 1960, the cover of the "Model amateur TV series" in a temporary supplement of CQ magazine appeared with his brother Ichiro (JA 1BSJ).
Introduction to QSL cards by Japanese artists: QSL cards sent by Noriko Sudo (JA1CYA), a ham idol
For two years, from April 1960 to March 1962, NHK Educational Television broadcast "Pleasant Amateur Radio Lectures" every week. The show's host was the then 15-year-old ham woman JA1CYA Noriko Sudo. Sudo later played takehiko Maeda's rival in "YOUNG YOUNG" broadcast in Japan, and became active in various television and radio programs, becoming a "ham idol". Following Tamori (JA6CSH), Hiroyuki Okita (JI1TQE), and Makoto Komon (JI1KLK), We introduce Mr. Sudo's precious QSL card to everyone.
Born in September 1944, Noriko Sudo passed the national exam for a voice-level amateur radio engineer in the third grade of junior high school, and as the youngest female ham in Japanese history, her call sign is JA1CYA. In January 1960, the cover of the "Model and Amateur TV Series" in the temporary supplement of CQ ham radio magazine appeared with his brother Ichiro (JA 1 BSJ). In April of the same year, he began to broadcast "Happy Amateur Radio Lectures" (a 30-minute program every Tuesday at 19:00) on NHK Education Television for two years, and was affectionately known as "non sauce".
Regarding the beginning of NHK Educational Television's "Pleasant Amateur Radio Lecture" and the use of Mr. Sudo, Mr. Masazo Hara, former president of the Japan Amateur Radio Alliance (JARL), mentioned this in a serial report by the Yomiuri Shimbun in 2016.
When I said I wanted to do an encouraging amateur radio program at NHK, there was a dispute within the Japan Amateur Radio Union (JARL). There are also those who think that there is no need to do this to raise the flag. There is no need to educate the layman. After deciding on the matter of cooperation, this time there was a dispute over who came out and how to do it. NHK's director will come to talk several times a week, and it is better to be a girl if you want to star anyway. There he found a boy who played amateur radio and asked him to watch the TV broadcast, but he refused. In the end, the director decided that junior high school student Noriko Sudo would appear on camera. She was not tall, pleasant and a very nice child. Source: Yomiuri Shimbun serial "Witness of the Time Hello CQ Hara Shozo" 19th (Published on March 12, 2016)
After that, Sudo entered the show business circle, where he partnered with Takehiko Maeda, a popular artist among young people and broadcaster writer Takehiko Maeda, in Japan's "YOUNG YOUNG" (Monday to Saturday 22:30 to others), and also appeared on Fuji Television's music program Yayamangan SONG and SBC Radio's late-night program "Night". Amateur radios, centered on FM in the 144MHz band, were broadcast live and other activities, which was a longing for young people at that time.
The August 1972 issue of the Radio News Agency Ham Life published a report on Sudo's recent situation and the new radio program he starred in. In addition, the April 1975 issue of the magazine reported that Sudo was married at the Ocula Hotel, and many artists such as Linda Yamamoto and Yoko Seri came to congratulate her.
JA2LK Mizusaki in Gifu Prefecture provided hamlife.jp with images of JA1CYA unused QSL cards.
One day in 1998, Mr. Mizusaki looked through an old telephone book and found that it contained the phone signature and name of Sudo, whom he had longed for when he was young. When that didn't work, he tried sending a fan letter with his QSL card attached, and soon he received a solemn thank-you note and an unused QSL card.
JA1CYA unused QSL card (courtesy of JA2LK Mizusaki)
A handwritten thank-you note received along with your QSL card. There is also a JA1CYA signature in the lower left corner
Mr. Mizusaki also starred with Mr. Masayo Ohanoi (J2JJ) in an amateur radio lecture on NHK Educational Television, which was a program that high school students who aimed at ham at the time envisioned. In the letters sent to you, I was still a middle school student, and I often saw advertisements using Sudo's photographs in the magazines "Radio for Beginners" and "Radio Production".
Sudo also appeared in the wireless magazine at the time in an advertisement for a communication education group that conducted radio examination instructions. She was envisioned as a high school student as a ham (courtesy of Mr. Mizusaki)
source: hamlife.jp