Last updated: Friday, June 25th 2004

Friday, June 25th 2004
Posted By: VE3HBD

As some might know, Seth (N3JFW) make the trek from Maryland up here to Toronto for the week. We worked out some details, fixed some things, and clarified a lot of items regarding Hamsexy and this site. One of the most startling items we posed was how ARES will eventually be humanity's one last fighting chance in it's war against the machines.

Now, you may be thinking... what a bold thing to say! Aren't these the same people we've poked fun at all these months? How can those chubby, vest-wearing police-foamers possibly lead the fight against SKYNET and it's army of invincible terminators?

Seth and I were watching Terminator 3 on one of the movie channels (A decent movie, but not nearly as good as T2). At the end of the film, when John Connor and his wife-to-be are in the bomb shelter as Judgement Day is taking place on the surface, you see the proof of my claim. (Judgement Day, for those who don't know the movie, is the Nuclear holocaust that SKYNET (a self-aware US Defense computer) unleashed upon the world to rid itself of human beings).

After the bombs start dropping, a radio set in the corner start crackling... "This is Montana Civil Defense...CQ..CQ..CQ". John Connor sits down and starts a net with the surviving radio-savvy humans, which eventually will become the worldwide human resistance against SKYNET.

Aha!! So some of the ARES/RACES guys, I guess sensing impending nuclear doom, made it into bomb shelters and start calling CQ while nuclear hellfire rains down from above. Being the reluctant radio geek that I often deny that I am, I'm sure I'm not the only one who noted that the EM pulses from hundreds of simultaneous, wolrdwide nuclear detonations would create a somewhat unfavourable environment for HF transmissions. I mean, BPL's being looked at as disrupting HF activity, I'm sure that nuclear armageddon wouldn't be any better.

But, in any case, I thought that it was kinda funny to hear someone calling CQ during a tactical nuclear strike. But, as the film closes, I am again proven wrong. The man calling CQ asks John to identify himself. If my claim had been true, he would have come back with "John Connor? What is your duly FCC-issued callsign? Stay off this band, it's for ARES nuclear holocaust net traffic only! Are you even permitted to use this band, as per the terms of your license? Don't make me call the FCC on you."

CQ CQ CQ.

Thursday, June 24th 2004
Posted By: Clyde McPhail

[This is from a message posted by KB3JLZ on the Hamsexy Forums. Thanks man!]

Yes fellow Hamsexy citizens, it is time once again for (drum roll please) Phield day Phun and Phrivoloties! The one weekend a year where it is safe to come out of the closet of denial and into the light of Hamsexy acceptance (Diana Ross background music please..... I'm coming out.... ) Also my phine phurry phriends, its time to get your cameras ready. Get all your memory cards, sticks and whatnots cleaned out and ready to snap away the moments of your life. We need to see others out in the phield showing off there hamsexy goodness to the unwashed, unbelieving, unhamly masses. Oh and whilst I am thinking of it, dont forget to have a sign or two made up that says HAMSEXY or HAMSEXY.COM on it (hey we might even get a little some-some for pimpin dis here site eh? [Don't count on it - ed.]) And believe me, there are going to be photo-ops galore (as HBD noticed, all the ARRL 3XL super larry-lunchmeet sized FD shirts are gone...sold out....is no more....scary eh?)

So my phellow hamsexians, be proud of what we are on this our special weekend. We are the phew, the proud, the hamsexy geekiness so dont be afraid to bust out that ham-helmet, or that 10 radio bandolier! Think of it like Ground hog day except that your not all likkered up freezing yer skeenootskies off just to see some vile half asleep rodent poopin all over some dood in a top hat just to tell you ya need to keep the brass monkies in for another six weeks (but you knew that all ready eh?) Wait...that didnt make much sense....Oh well hey it sounds koo so it stays!

I will be holding court this weekend under K3NHK (3A MDC) down here in Southern Maryland. I will be helping the FBPN (Fine Bidness Prostrate Net) Iron lung chapter with there scamper wagon brigade.

Take pictures, have phun....and most of all....

BE HAMSEXY!

Wednesday, June 23nd 2004
Posted By: Webmaster Bryan (VE3HBD)

The HAMSEXY FORUMS are back!!

Visit http://forums.hamsexy.com - unfortunatley, the old forums are history, so all the messages, user database, etc. We are VERY VERY VERY sorry for this, but it could not be helped.

Thanks to everyone who helped support the boards, we all hope to see you on our permanent forums!

Tuesday, June 22nd 2004
Posted By: Webmaster Bryan (VE3HBD)

Hey folks.. sorry it's been a while since our last update.... We've all been busy with a local meeting of some radio nerds - lavish dinners, endless strippers, etc. You know the drill.

Listen - While we were out partying, it seems that the hamsexy Forums have gone down. Our fourm admin is working on the problem, and we hope to have it fixed soon. In the mean time, keep checking back and bear with us!!

As well, soe people might now be getting the automated replies upon signing up for the Hamsexy forums. it seems the server that is hosting our boards has been blacklisted as a heavy source of spam, and is usually filtered out by some spam blocking programs. We are working on solutions to this problem too, and are considering moving it to the server that the Hamsexy website is on. We're not sure, but we'll see what transpires. Stay tuned and we'll let you all know what's happening, and again - sorry for the inconvenience.

Also.. doesn't anyone else find it funny that they're sold out of size 3XL ARRL field day shirts? http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=no-9232

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