An anonymous submitter gave us this update on everyone’s favourite Transgendered scam artist, Caitlin Martin K7VO/K9NI:
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HamSexy Readers–Watch your wallet and member!
The transexual radio/computer scammer Caitlyn Martin is on the loose and has relocated back to her old haunt near Raleigh, North Carolina. She is staying away from the airwaves, and has refocused her efforts to get the confidence of computer readers. Leopards rarely change their spots and since no restitution has been done it is likely this scammer will poke it to computer readers via O’reilly.com. O’reilly has been contacted and is investigating so we’ll see which direction this goes. We all know his/her “deduct-a-dick-from-me” operation is not over yet (ouch, I don’t have much but the thought hurts the same) and that means some more sexy change scams are likely to occur.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2654 (his/her O’reilly blog listing)
http://www.k7vo.net/ (latest update)
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2654
I often scoff at the rather superior stance that Hams seem to think they have in the radio community - especially against CB-types and Scanner folk. I’ve been a ham for pushing 30 years now, and I’ve seen my share of absolute cretin hams. Hams seem to think that, because they must pass a test, they are somehow superior humans. Trust me, that isn’t always the case! There are cretins in all levels of society…. just because someone went to school long enough to become a doctor or a lawyer doesn’t mean they can’t be despicable human beings. But I digress…..
Scanner folk usually get a bad rap…. all one has to do is to read scanner-themed websites to see why. I own scanners and constantly listen to my state and county police. It’s good shit. But man, sometimes things happen that make you go “whoooshit”.
Rescue161 on the Hamsexy Forums brought this to light. Someone on RadioReference (normally a great site… Lindsay Blanton is a good friend of Hamsexy and visits us often) started a thread about good looking girls in uniform. It all went well, with the usual images of hot chicks nicely filling out uniforms. Then user hotdjdave (actually a ham, callsign K9DJW) totally kills the thread by posting an image of a little girl in some sort of park ranger uniform, and adds the really creepy line: “beauty has no age limit.”
What shocked all of us was the totally blasé attitude people had towards his comment. Not only did many people on the thread call Rescue161 out on it (including some e-mailing him privately about it), a board moderator actually went through the thread and summarily deleted messages asking K9DJW to explain himself!! What kind of a message does *that* send about scanner people? Posting an image of a little girl in a hot chicks in uniform thread, and tossing out a creepy message like “beauty has no age limit”….? And then RadioReference staff deleting messages that might have painted the original poster in a bad light? No warnings, no edited messages… just erasing them from the face of the earth.
I don’t mean to go against my own ethos here, but scanner folk creep me the fuck OUT!
The submission is a little tardy (entirely my fault), but Chuck KG4CGC sent us these photos from the Shelby Hamfest in Shelby, North Carolina at the beginning of September. Enjoy!!
Suspender-sexy
The North Carolina Hamsexy Shocktroops
The “Laundry Hamper”
Elvis lives, and apparantly he’s a ham.
The Hamsexy Shocktroops, against the wall
For Sale: One HamChair. Gently used.
Whacker-wares, this table only.
Thanks for the submissions, Chuck!!
KC8WOL posted this “Letter to the Editor” in the Hamsexy Forums, and I felt it bore re-posting here. Apparantly ARES itself is starting to realize how pointless and redundant they are in an actual disaster scenario.
+ LETTERS: HTs, BUT NO HELMETS
Brevard County, Florida — During a recent county disaster drill,
responders were expected to arrive on the scene ready for deployment.
Fire responders showed up in full fire gear, Police in full police
gear, CERT members with appropriate gear including helmet, orange
safety vest, long pants, shirt, heavy shoes, gloves, face mask,
flashlight, as well as HT, and necessary tools. Our ARES members
showed up only with their HT, with some in shorts, sandals, no head
gear nor uniform/identification of any kind.
ARES responders need to meet the same equipment standards as Fire,
Police and CERT personnel. Had ARES members attending our mock drill
arrived and reported for an actual event, they wouldn’t have been
deemed prepared and likely would be sent to NIMS-IC “camp” for
training. ARES/ARRL needs to develop gear standards. ARES personnel
need to arrive on the emergency site ready to be deployed. Prepared
for deployment means ARES members having more than the clothing on
their backs and an HT (with only one set of batteries) in their
hand!–
Is your ARES group as bad as this one? Does your group have a clue on how to act and ‘get it right’? Let us know. We here at Hamsexy want to feature ARES groups that GET IT RIGHT. Please send us a report and photos of your local ARES group - convince us that there are some ARES groups out there that are in it for more than flashy lights and ham badges. Send your submissions to submissions@hamsexy.com and we’ll get them up on the site!
Phil from Toronto sent us these photos with his letter - I must say it wins the 2006 RELFECTORSEXY award hands down.
Just driving down the street in peace, when suddenly I’m blinded by the 400
reflections of the sun from a vehicle passing me.
I guess he just slapped as many reflectors on as possible…
… Funny, I saw this car a few more times in south Scarborough. Then again,
you can’t really miss him.
This truck is a travesty, and a testament to her owner’s mental illness. I’m not sure what would possess someone to apply so many reflectors on their truck (and do it so BADLY too) - the Subaru Outback and Geo Tracker badges are a nice touch too - even Tweety Bird is saying “I thawt I thaw a thitty twuck”.
A disaster through and through. If there isn’t a law, there should be. Thanks Phil!
Not sure what A-Z Driver it supposed to mean in this context, but Bryan VE3HBD tells me that, in Ontario, a Class A license allows one to drive a transport truck - like a CDL (The Z is an airbrake endorsement). So maybe the guy is proud that he is a transport truck driver… or maybe he’s just a trucker wannabe?
Here are some of the best images from the Dayton Hamfest this year - thanks to all who submitted photos and contributions!! We are still recieving submissions, watch this space for more images!!
Booth-babe W0AMY giving the “Hamsexy Greeting” to a lucky visitor
The Dayton color guard welcomes visitors
Weep I shall. I dub thee “The Crippler”
Patrons buying tee-shirts from the Hamsexy Booth
This brother has travelled long to get to the light of Dayton. Hamsexy On the Square.
The most fit and trim person at the Hamvention shows off.
Apparantly, Seth thinks that PJ is a homo-sexual.
The Hamsexy Booth
Happy trails, to you…. until we meet again…
E-Dog from Grand Rapids, Michigan sent us these photos of a Skywarn truck from Grandville.
Covered with Skywarn stickers and antennae, this truck meets all the criteria for Hamsexy.
I think it’s funny that a truck obviously designed to search out storms is covered with more antennae than an airport control tower - despite urban myth (and a very deceptive episode of The Transformers), cars are NOT lightning proof - especially cars with tall antennae on the roof.
Front corner angle
Rear Quarterpanel view
Closeup of the antennae.
What is the grey thing… lightning detector?
Glassmounts on the other side. Why do people think
that glassmounts or magmounts are better alternatives
than NMOs? Don’t be a pussy - drill those holes!!
