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Happy 4th of July!!

We all aren’t just reflecting on our nation’s independance today, we are honoring the foundation of blood, sweat, tears, hard work and sacrifice our country was built on.

America was an experiment in freedom and democracy, a radical idea in times where radical ideas were met with prejudice and violence. The result of which have led to the USA, for hundreds of years, being a beacon of hope and freedom for the rest of the world. The USA, for hundreds of years, being an open port for those seeing a better life.

Everyone, on this day, needs to put their politics and differences aside and honor the USA on the 4th – and remember the struggle it took to get to this point.

Hamsexy wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the freedoms granted to us – this is a forum of free speech and opinion that wouldn’t be able to exist anywhere else, in any other time.

Honor the 4th, and have a great holiday!

Happy Canada Day from all of us at Hamsexy.com

Many staff and members of Hamsexy.com come from up north, and today (July 1st) they are celebrating their country’s 139th birthday.

It’s fitting that the world’s two largest and friendliest nations celebrate their national birthdays only 3 days apart. To all of our North American friends, have a great holiday!!

Have you worked all Hamsexy? Do you want proof of your acheivement? Do you want this proof to be snazzy?

For a limited time, we will be offering exclusive WORKED ALL HAMSEXY plaques to our valued readers. Offered through our partnership with Cafepress, these wood-framed tile plaques are colourful and will add much needed class to your ham shack. It also comes with a nice patch of white space for you to personalize it with your callsign (Sharpie not included)

These plaques are available through Cafepress for a nice cool $10 US. I bought a couple for myself, and I am pleased with how they turned out (I’ve been disappointed with the printing quality of some of Cafepress’s items, especially their hats), so I decided to give others the chance to buy them at a very minimal mark-up (this isn’t a cash grab for us – those who know us have known that we’ve never asked for a penny from our users, nor put any advertising on our site – we use our minimal commissions from Cafepress to buy our own items for giveaways)

To order, click here – If you buy one, send us a photo of your new award hanging in your shack!!

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 [email protected] and we’ll get them up on the site!

The Dreadnaught In All Of Her Glory

The Wonder Wagon

The Anderson (SC) ARC Troops, Mike the Hamstick guy was near nude by 11:00am, alleged to be completely nude by noon.

Well that’s about it from the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Hartwell.

It’s a little late, but here are some submitted photos from the Rochester Hamfest, submitted by our friend Dave K2THZ.

During a quick QSO during an errand run today, I learned that the
Rochester (NY) Hamfest is being held this weekend. Since I haven’t made
it in the last 5 or 6 years, I figured I’d go hand over my obligatory 9
clams and see how much hamsexiness I could find…

No Hamfest is complete with out a hamabout being driven by a lumberjack.

Ham radio badges – like being a cop, without the commitment or the need to be able to run.

Dave and Indiana’s finest

Just what every ham wishes he could find at their local hamfest: the Avon lady!

Notice the lack of crowds around this booth? They stole our idea from Dayton 2005 – our lawyers will be in contact.

Nothing says “HAMFEST” more than handicrafts. Letting the XYL browse the handicrafts or soap I suppose is a better than the usual alternative of locking her in the car.

For your local ARES chapter’s marine unit.

THanks for the photos, Dave!!!

Ladies and Germs, don’t forget this weekend is the holiest of ham holy days, Field Day.

So get out there and take lots of pics for the site!

Feel free to send them to me at [email protected] and I’ll get them up ASAP.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!