-Nick

(Of course, I am just kidding, eh. Hope to hear you back soon, eh.)

Jamie

Can anyone comment on the truth or otherwise of that allegation? I missed that net but I have to say it suprised me as there has never been anything even vaguely distasteful on the previous nets which I listened to or took part in.

Hello,
My name is Nick, callsign VE9MP and this is in regards to the HARC’s executives decision to ban the Hamsexy IRLP net from the VE1HNS repeater. It is in my opinion that the wrong decision was made in this matter and not all relevent information was presented to make a good judgement in this matter.
You say that an Echolink bridge into IRLP would not be “secure”. This is totally wrong, if anything Echolink is more “secure” than IRLP because your callsign has to be validated before you can have access to the Echolink system. With IRLP, no validation of any type is required, therefore, anyone can transmit on the system. Did you ever buy a radio off eBay? Did they ask you if you had a license? Probably not. Believe it or not anyone can get their hands on a two-way radio and transmit, if they so desired. No system can be “secure” as you say, unless you are running encryption, which you can’t under Canadian law on the Amateur Radio Service.
As for the length of the net being deemed too long, I recall on many times hearing other nets lasting just as long being transmitted by VE1HNS (The Yarmouth Net, Trans-Canada Net come to mind) To keep the Hamsexy net from being allowed on your repeater for this reason is wrong, it seems as though HARC wants to “pick and choose” what is allowed on the repeater. When there are nets on the system that last longer than the Hamsexy net, and you say the Hamsexy net is too long, that is not right.
You also say that the content is not suitable for the air, this is 100% not the case, I’ve listened in on the net on many occasions and everything I heard was fine (ie. no vulgar language, no improper operating practices). The point of Hamsexy is to poke fun at the hobby of amateur radio, is is obvious that some people cannot tolerate that, and therefore Hamsexy is not for them, but you shouldn’t be forcing your ideas upon other Radio Amateurs in the Halifax region. If someone doesn’t like what they hear, why don’t they simply turn off their radio and leave it at that?
I myself, have only had the best of success using Amateur Radio on the Halifax region, and I have met many nice people with it, but if HARC wants to decide what is good and not good for amateur radio, I will be staying off of VE1HNS the next time I come to Nova Scotia.

Thank you for your time.

Nick Robinson
VE9MP

Hi Guys – and possibly gals

In reading the story of the Executive deciding to ban the HamSexy net http://www.hamsexy.com/cms/?p=108 in Halifax – all I can say is lighten up and enjoy the fun.

I expect it was banned without anyone listening to a complete net just like the Mayor of Toronto several years ago banning the Bare Naked Ladies from performing in the Big Smoke as he did not want any nudity. And if I need to explain that paragraph then we are in worse trouble than I thought.

Us folks “from away” here in Upper Canada enjoy poking fun at some of the more colourful members – and vehicles of members – in the Amateur Radio community.

Listen in next week and then decide if in fact the net should be “Banned in Halifax”

73 from Upper Canada

Paul VE3SY