Author Archives: VE3HBD

The always fun, never dull Hamsexy Net goes live again tonight. As always, all amateurs are welcome to participate. We still have yet to get a check-in from outside of North America – maybe tonight will be the night, no? … Continue reading →

This past weekend an informal meeting of the minds (and beer) was held on the Hamsexy Back Patio just outside of Toronto. This Motosexy collection of radios tipped the scale a tad, but the good burgers and everflowing beer equalled … Continue reading →

Copied from the news section of RAC.CA‘s website (Radio Amateurs of Canada): In July 2003, the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) 2003 held by the ITU in Geneva, Switzerland, deleted the mandatory international requirement for proficiency in Morse for access to … Continue reading →

He’re the sign-in roster from the July 27th Hamsexy Net…. Our biggest and best net yet – we had a record 40 check-ins from a wide variety of stations. This was also our first joint Echolink/IRLP net. Many thanks to … Continue reading →

What a great net tonight!! We had about 40 check-ins, and lasted close to an hour and ten minutes. It didn’t go QUITE as long as I thought it would, but it was still a good net. The Net was … Continue reading →

I’ve been concerned as of late in the way we run the initial check-in run for the net. With an average of 30+ users checking in every week (and potentially a lot more once we go live with the new … Continue reading →

Jerry WB4VQP, subject of some controversy as his relativley un-hamsexy POV was nailed with a citation for “resembling a law enforcement vehicle:” by his local police. We’ve gotten the good news that his case has been dismissed – much to … Continue reading →

Hey all – To celebrate the installation of the Echolink/IRLP bridge, tonight at 8pm eastern (7 central, 5 pacific, midnight zulu) we will be hosting an informal on-air getogether on the Hamsexy Inter-service reflector (IRLP 9008/Echolink *VAN-IRLP*). It’s not a … Continue reading →