Archive for the 'Hamfest Reports' Category

21
May

Dayton 2013 Pictures Part 1

Hara Arena’s awesome maintenance!

No wonder they had the Great Shit Volcano of 2011!!!!!

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Antenna Goo Galore!

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Antenna Goo 2

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Actual Girls at Dayton Hamvention!

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Whisky Lovers Amateur Radio Club

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Ham gets pulled over by a golf cart!

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The Whackermobile!!  I bet it comes complete with a ton of

REACT/ARES/RACES stickers to go with all that amber bling!

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More to come!

10
May

Dayton 2013

For those of you going to Dayton 2013 please send in those hilarious lulzy pictures & stories that you always do. Please note the email address for submissions for pictures is Hamsexy Submissions (click me). Or use the New Submission link in the sidebar
We can host pictures in our own gallery if you do not have hosting available.

Oh on another more serious note check out this nifty new bathroom policy at Dayton Hamvention:
http://www.noiseblankers.com/hijinks/2013/5/9/hams-must-hold-it-as-dayton-says-no-to-restrooms.html
Here’s hoping that makes sure there isn’t a giant shit volcano in the middle of the flea market (click here for those that havent seen it)
Oh and folks dont forget to be prepared to dodge the new 2013 hamabouts!

24
May

More photos from Dayton

Some of our kind readers have submitted some photos from Dayton. Keep them coming! As always, click for bigger.
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Hottest girl at Dayton… Take a number, gents!

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Fat hams full of fried food and nowhere to shit it out?

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Hara crew tried in vain to quench the shit river – first with brooms
and street sweepers…?

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Oh shit son… here comes ARES to put the LID on this situation…

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The shit river has creeped into the flea market… sorry civil defence…

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Can’t be a hamfest without headhelmets…

Got anymore? Send them in to the usual address!

22
May

The shit volcano at Dayton

Okay…. Armageddon didn’t happen as planned, but at the Dayton Hamfest today, it seemed very likely that at least one of the plagues was being imposed by a vengeful God on the Amateur Radio community.

Our contacts at Dayton witnessed what can only be described as a shit fountain of unprecedented proportions. Undoubtedly, some overweight ham overtaxed the Hara Center’s plumbing system, causing a rupture of the sewer main underneath the outdoor exhibition area, in the middle of some hapless vendors and by the food preparation area.. Fountains of human feces erupted from the pavement, creating a river of liquid shit as yet unseen in the long and storied history of the Dayton Hamvention.

It was the rivers of feces, toilet paper and urine creeping into the vendor’s merchandise that was the first clue — no one noticed the telltale smell that such an event brings with it because everybody’s nose had long since gone numb inhaling the combined bodily odour of thousands of fat, smelly hams all weekend.

These photos were submitted by our spies, and I gotta warn you… they made me fucking gag. Not so much seeing hammy turds piled like cordwood, but that the Hara workers are standing in a LAKE OF LIQUID SHIT wearing nothing but sneakers. If you look closely, you can see that the man’s PANT LEGS ARE FUCKING DAMP.

If there was ever an unintended but wholly accurate editorial on the state of amateur radio in North America, it fucking happened at Dayton this year. Not only are normal people repelled by hams, even their excreta can’t stand to be associated with them.

***WARNING… THESE PHOTOS WILL MELT YOUR SOUL***

click the image for bigger, but take heed…

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Got any more photos from Dayton? Send them on over!

15
Jun

HamCom 2009 – Plano, Texas

I think this picture about sums it up.

Dude taking out the parking ropes in the overflow lot.

04
Jun

Mobile Command….?

Thanks to long-time friend of the site Kit N1MCC for submitting these photos on the Hamsexy Forums of quite possibly the best looking and most useless ham radio ‘command’ vehicle ever to grace these fine pages.

This truck (which, shockingly enough, is a POV), looks nice and has a nice setup, but is very ill-equipped to be any sort of useful mobile command vehicle.

The reasons are pretty obvious, but we’ll let you mull them over in the comments thread.

As always, click on the photos to make ‘em bigger!

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03
Jun

Paramedic BeastWars

Friend of the site Conundrum sent us these photos from the 2007 Durham Hamfest east of Toronto in Canada.
He stumbled across this beast of a truck – who’s external beastliness is nothing compared to the gold that lies within. Apparantly this truck is also a member of the infamous “Don Valley REACT” team we enjoy lampooning so much on this site.

Enjoy!!

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The beast’s ass…. a late 80′s Suburban, maybe? Anyone want to guess how much it costs to fill this animal with fuel?

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The lightbar and antenna. No whackermobile is complete without them.

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The cockpit

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…and this is where it gets creepy. Freelance paramedic, at your service. Complete with blue star crests on muliple reflective jackets. And, of course, no wannabee ambulance is complete without the jerry can sitting next to the go kit.

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And of course, no whacking session is complete without ‘bodily fluid cleanup’

Conundrum sent us a lot of stuff… so stay tuned while I milk this cow for every last drop Thanks again!!

21
May

Hamvention After Party Report

Dayton Hamvention 2007… Another year has passed and the Hamsexy strike team had yet again descended on the unwashed masses and spread joy and cheer for all to enjoy.

As with all trends the group keeps getting larger and larger every year. So I suppose that would equate us to something in the flesh eating disease category. We spread un mercilessly and take over to infect others. All in all though, when you speak to most members everybody had a great time. There are moments that stick out in my mind that certainly have proven that we can top ourselves each year. Once again we had attended dinner at the Lonestar Steakhouse on Miller Ln, so we would like to thank them for being such good sports to some of our stickering and other antics, and thank them for the gratious acceptance of our request to sing “Happy Birthday” to our very own, Mike Oxlong. Happy Birthday Mike!!

Below are some thumbnails of photos submitted so far, and links to a couple of the current running threads on our forums for the “after party” of Hamvention. See y’all next year!!

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Be sure to check back a lot and often for updates as the photos and posts will probably still be floating in over the next few days/weeks.




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