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Wednesday, May 19th 2004
Posted by: The Clyde Man

We got this letter from a reader who wanted to share his first (albeit totally unintentional) hamsexy moment with the world... The repeater is yours:

The Parade

It was fall of 1982 and I had my ham license just a little over a year. I was a college kid and met a lot of friends at the university club. I originally spent my time on cw, then in the spring bought myself an Icom 2-AT so I could talk to my friends on the local repeater. At that time I had passed the exams and upgraded to advanced.

The local radio club was asking hams to volunteer to help with a big parade on Central Avenue. I thought it might be fun so I agreed. When I got there, I was told that there was some sort of serious situation and the police department couldn't come direct traffic for the parade. They gave me an orange vest and a whistle, then sent me out to the middle of Central Ave to stop the traffic and divert them down a side street around the parade route. Other hams were stationed at the other end to do likewise.

With my orange vest, trusty whistle and Icom handie talkie the motorists must have thought I was someone official, they did stop and followed my direction. What I didn't know, though, is that you have to keep your eyes on everything going on in the intersection. Things got pretty crazy at times. The traffic backed up for many blocks with the detour. I did make it
through the parade without any fender benders or too many angry shouts from frustrated drivers. I was wiped out. My arms were tired and I had a headache from the whistle. The sun was rather hot, even for October and I got a sunburn. When I got back to my pickup I opened the door and the windshield shattered.

What I didn't realize at the time was I wasn't trained to direct traffic. It is a LOT harder than it looks. Police officers get trained to do it and they are covered by insurance/workman's comp in case they make a mistake. I had NO insurance coverage if something went wrong. I could have been sued and the radio club could have been sued. There were several close calls
that morning. I think a lot of hams think it would be cool to "play cop", but don't realize just how hard their work can be at times and like most modern occupations, there is a lot to learn before you even get started. That was the last time I helped with a parade. I now spend most of my radio time hiding out on military frequencies as a MARS operator.

Keep your lettters, photos, etc. coming.... [email protected]. Purple Zero tells me he's got another crop of photos waiting in the wings - expect to see them soon!

The Ham Radio Peepshow. Two bits a gander.



I can hear that scooter weeping from here.




He copied the Hamhat. Our legal team will be
contacting him shortly.



The photo's kinda hard to see, but the discone
with the american flag is connected to the yellow
shopping cart. The shopping cart is outfitted with
radios and speaker's. At least he's pushing it
with his own legs. That enough is admirable -
as sad as that is.



Sgt. Ham.

Even my first thought was "that isn't that bad..." But.. Hahah..
That's a whole fistful of radios to just be out shopping at
some flea market!! Ahhhhahaahahahhahahaha...

Nothing says "Supernerd" like a gaffer-taped shoe. Shoes at
Wal-Mart are.... like... what... $12?

Tuesday, May 18th 2004
Posted by: Purple Zero

We've had a few photos from Dayton trickle in - not as many as I'd been promised, but I'm sure they'll surface eventually. Here are a few I got from an anonymous source - if they're yours e-mail me so I can give you your due credit.


One of our site admins is Canadian, and has never heard of "Ontario
Surplus". I'm guessing the shabby trailer and bedsheet sign is why.
The guy wth the radio pack on his back is nice touch. "FOXTROT ZULU
WE ARE UNDER HEAVY FIRE! FOXTROT ZULU FIRE FOR EFFECT!
FIRE FOR EFFECT! BROKEN ARROW!"

Is it me, or doesthat antenna appear to be coming out of the top
of his head??! Far out...



Man, A.R.E.S. nerds really get under my skin. This looks exactly
like and ambulance for a VERY good reason - red lights and all.

We welcome any and all photos from Dayton (or any hamfest) - send them to [email protected]. The funnier, the better!

Tuesday, May 18th 2004
Posted by: Clyde

Hey folks.... Here's a great letter we got from David... Enjoy!!!!

Interesting note....the thread that seems to keep coming up from your
contributors is that young hams are alienated by the established group. And then some of the clubs wonder what they can do to recruit young hams to the hobby?!? Well, one way would be to talk to the young people who get their ticket.

I have been a ham since age 13 (some 24 years ago), and know
exactly what some of the contributors mean. However, I have also met a lot of great people WHO DID take the time to talk to me, even if I wasn't in
Depends and watching the "Lawrence Welk Show."

I bet Barry Goldwater just loved keying down on Democratic young hams. I
could imagine him shouting, "I'll get them bastards!" as he lays a kilowatt down on 2 meter FM everytime some young Ted Kennedy-like kid tries to talk.

Here's a blast of nostalgia....Anyone else remember when some of the older
hams (who probably lacked much of a sex life....wait....what sex life...?...we're hams!) sent pornographic (or semi-pornographic) images to eachother using RTTY? Hey, I'm not imagining this stuff! I can remember
them setting up and doing this stuff at hamfests when I wasn't even in high school yet.

The Midwest director of the ARRL got up at one of our hamfests
years ago and told some great jokes (just like the last poster referred
to...."ham humor). He told us that "N" in a call sign stood for Novice.
You could hear a light chuckle from some of the N0's or N9's (otherwise,
dead silence). Boy, that was a funny one! His call began with a "W"....my
buddy and I thought...hmmm...maybe "W" stands for "weirdo" or "wimp." He
also told us the plight of ham radio losing numbers, and how a no-code
license was being considered (with gasps coming from the crowd).

I hope there is an Amateur Radio service in years to come, though. I hear
less activity above 30 mHz than ever. The same people who bitch about the
fact that we are losing spectrum, are the same ones who won't come back to you on 220 or 440. 2m in the Iowa-Illinois area is silent (for the most
part) below 146 mHz and above 147 mHz. Can I get a discount on a radio that just transmits between 146 and 147 mHz? Why do some of these guys even have radios that scan when they sit on a repeater all day?

Those who taught me and really cared were few and far between, but not
forgotten. You can't have a clique in this hobby and expect young people to get involved. Keep up the good work with your site. It might break down some walls.

Hey, I'm not as cool as any of you because I don't have a RACES pack, but I do have some gas in my car. How do they fit all of that crap in a little pack like that?

P.S. -- Idea-- wonder if anyone can remember the "Gator Trader" or "Gator
Stakes" on 3895 kHz every Friday night from waaaay back in the 1980's... hosted by the "infamous" WB8BFS?? The "Gator Stakes" was
border-line/legal stuff....hams would shout their call sign out on 3895 kHz in the hopes that WB8BFS would receive and record your signal, then he would play back 20 seconds of what he received from a broadcast cart machine or some type of cassette deck. The "Trader" was just a nation-wide swap net. Lots of good ole' boys on there.

Submissions can be sent to [email protected]

Monday, May 17th 2004
Posted by: Clyde


We're still working on compiling the photos from Dayton (We're still accepting submissions - by the way... [email protected]) expect to see it in a few days. In the meantime, HETERODYNE SYSTEMS unveiled its new product at Dayton, and we're pleased to present it here. Enjoy!

Sunday, May 16th 2004
Posted by: Webmaster Bryan
Editor's Note: The following is a response to Shaun (VE4UO)'s submisison to the site on Tuesday, May 11th from Mike.

I was shocked, well not really, but I was much surprised to read what you have been through with your ARES people.  If anyone from our group showed up at an incident without being requested we would have them shot.
 
I am very happy to say that the Muskegon County ARES group is nothing at all like what you claim to have encountered.  Our members are firefighters, police officers, communications officers, a recently retired Central Dispatch operator,  the city electrical inspector, an environmental engineer for a large factory, members of SAR along with people that do 'regular' work.  Up until a few years ago the director of Central Dispatch was in our ARES group.
 
ARES is not, and never will be a first response team.  If any of your ARES group would have trained for their work, they would know that the #1 rule is to STAY OUT OF WAY!
 
We operate only when asked, and we will most likely be away from ground zero.  Our activations, outside of the weather stuff, consists of coordinating shelters and logistics for the support of the Red Cross, the public first responders and such behind the scenes operations.  If things get any worse we can do more.  But we only do what we are requested to do.
 
We train with the first responders and on occasion we train on their equipment.  Sometimes we are asked to work in Central Dispatch so we need a handful of operators that have had at least APCO Basic Telecommunicator Training.  Our last month's meeting was training for vehicle traffic control by a police officer that writes the traffic column in our newspaper.
 
We own a 28 foot motorhome full of radios and stuff we use for both emergencies and the public service events we do.  We have a permanent station and get to use conference space at our local Red Cross.  We are in constant contact and continually train with our county Emergency Manager.  The county's EOC, a 32 foot motorhome, has every local repeater frequency and all our the ARES / RACES simplex frequencies programmed into their radios.
 
Our surrounding counties appear to be similar to us.  This gave me the impression that all ARES groups were pretty much the same.  Not so, according to your illustrations.
 
I am not so sure I appreciate your approach to the misdeeds of your local ARES group.  OK, I did appreciate it a little, but only because I have a really sick sense of humor.  I can see that you may offend some people that are really doing their job, but hey, it's a free country.  Ooops, that's here, you are in Canada.   Well, it probably is the same there too or your site would be shut down.
 
I never want any ARES group to become the nightmare that you claim to have encountered.  I will be working very hard to monitor and check our behavior.  I am considering making anyone that exhibits 'wannabe cop' behavior read your entire site.
 
That should stop them in their tracks!

Any feedback on anything you see on this site is always welcome at submissions@ hamsexy.com. Please remember that any and all mail we get will be used on the site if its good enough, so please keep that in mind if you do decide to contact us.

We especially want to see your Dayton photos! We will be compiling a list of all of the Dayton photos we recieve, so send yours in today!


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