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Sunday I went to the Hudson valley’s ‘premier’ hamfest, organized and sponsored by the Mount Beacon amateur radio club, it was a fairly good spread.. the weather was outstanding and there was quite a turn out. Sadly there were no hamabouts for me to photographically document, but alas there were some really good examples of vehicular whackerdom:

Subaru Impreza WRX Sti: With a collection of wonderful trunk mounted antennas.. but wait.. look at the amber light.. uber sexy!

Another shot of the same car taken later in the morning..I think there was some thievery happening there, one of his pride and joys is gone!

This guy exceeded his hamfest excitement quota, poor guy..tuckered out

They had assloads of Maxtracs.

…and XTS5000 Model 2 cases…a piece of Bristol PD memorabilia !

You tell me.. its an 11 meter whip. *yikes*

Over on the forums, Pimpala03 has done some work on his Impala, Dorothy. Toys include,

Vehicle is a 2003 Chevy Impala setup for volunteer fire use.

Whelen CSP690 Hide-a-way strobe kit (2 front corners, rear brake)
Whelen dual Talon (ballast) above the RVM
Whelen UHF2150B plug and play headlight flasher (wig wags)
Whelen UBF5150B plug and play tailight flasher
Whelen LIN3s on Havis brack on rear license plate
Lightning X Products Xtreme09s on rear deck
Federal Signal Unitrol Omega 8001 Siren/switchbox
Whelen SA341P siren speaker mounted behind the grille
Havis Shields Consolidator Angled series console
Motorola M1225 UHF radio (antenna – Larsen? NMO drilled center of roof)
Motorola Radius VHF radio (antenna – Larsen trunk mount driver’s side)
Radio Shack Pro-2067 scanner (Motorola? antenna – trunk mount passenger side)

Here is the link to youtube with a video of all the chaos.

And here are some pictures of Dorothy. As allways clickie for biggie.

Since we didn’t have a Net Controller for tonight’s net, I went ahead and stepped in to cover. We also simulcasted the net over at the WARP Radio Network. Here’s the list of check ins:

KE4NOY – Matt (Net Control)
W8JUZ – Laura – Michigan
WO0KEE – Tedd – Wisconsin
VE6PWT – Robert – Calgary
N4BSA – Chris – Florida
KU4MY – Tom – South Carolina
KC2LLT – Carl – New York

Thanks to those who checked in! See ye next week!

I’ve seen this sexy beast many many times in and around Queens.

Last Friday, after locking my keys in my Jeep (don’t ask) and waiting for a tow truck, I spotted the elusive target in the same lot. He didn’t escape the cameraphone this time!

Notice the custom “RESCUE 7” license plate, clearly a reference to the FDNY Rescue Squads… I don’t even think there’s a Rescue 7… there isn’t, I just checked. There are only 5. I guess this uber whacker thinks he’s an unofficial Rescue Squad of his own.

There are tons of rear facing lights, and no whacker-mobile would be complete without some really terrible vinyl lettering stuck on the bumper… D.W.I. Hunter, indeed!

The inside is, of course, a total shit pile, full of papers and junk. It’s clear the owner of this P.O.S. doesn’t have a significant other, as the passenger seat has a really crappy mobile office thing covering the seat. Either that, or his wife wouldn’t be caught dead in this eyesore.

I didn’t get pics of the inside or the front, as it was a snap and run (the urban wannabe can be a very hostile species, don’t cha know?)… but next time I see him, I’ll be sure to snap a few more.

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Today I went to HAMEX 2007, sponsored by the Peel Amateur Radio Club and the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

 I meant to get there at 9am at opening, but I was delayed and didn’t get to the fest until about 10. By then, the place had been picked clean, and there was nothing left worth buying.

 I met up with a few friends of Hamsexy at the fest, including Rod VE3RTT, Jamie VA3HAX, Rob VE3ESC, Adrian VA3AGF and Tom VE3FIS.

Some old Military Radios

The fleamarket, in all it’s stinky goodness.