{"id":787,"date":"2007-03-31T17:17:55","date_gmt":"2007-03-31T21:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/?p=787"},"modified":"2007-03-31T17:23:57","modified_gmt":"2007-03-31T21:23:57","slug":"brampton-hamfest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/?p=787","title":{"rendered":"Brampton Hamfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I went to HAMEX 2007, sponsored by the Peel Amateur Radio Club and the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I meant to get there at 9am at opening, but I was delayed and didn&#8217;t get to the fest until about 10. By then, the place had been picked clean, and there was nothing left worth buying.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I met up with a few friends of Hamsexy at the fest, including Rod VE3RTT, Jamie VA3HAX, Rob VE3ESC, Adrian VA3AGF and Tom VE3FIS.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"dsc_0004.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0004.JPG\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image779\" style=\"width: 367px; height: 339px\" height=\"339\" alt=\"dsc_0004.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0004.JPG\" width=\"367\" \/><\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\nSome old Military Radios<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"dsc_0006.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0006.JPG\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image780\" style=\"width: 363px; height: 318px\" height=\"318\" alt=\"dsc_0006.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0006.JPG\" width=\"363\" \/><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>The fleamarket, in all it&#8217;s stinky goodness.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"dsc_0003.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0003.JPG\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image781\" style=\"height: 450px\" height=\"450\" alt=\"dsc_0003.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0003.JPG\" width=\"280\" \/><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Adrian VA3AGF with his new purchase<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"dsc_0012.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0012.JPG\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image782\" style=\"width: 411px; height: 342px\" height=\"342\" alt=\"dsc_0012.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0012.JPG\" width=\"411\" \/><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>About 90% of the patrons at this year&#8217;s fest <\/strong><strong>were at<br \/>\nleast 10 years older than\u00a0the radio set underneath the laptop.<br \/>\nSeriously.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"dsc_0011.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0011.JPG\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image783\" style=\"width: 405px; height: 354px\" height=\"354\" alt=\"dsc_0011.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0011.JPG\" width=\"405\" \/><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Welcome to the Hamfest, where one of the most popular<br \/>\ntables sold nothing but gun sights, scopes and binoculars.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"dsc_0010.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0010.JPG\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image784\" style=\"height: 494px\" height=\"494\" alt=\"dsc_0010.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0010.JPG\" width=\"266\" \/><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>A couple of hamfesters offer their approval<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"dsc_0008.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0008.JPG\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image785\" style=\"width: 401px; height: 397px\" height=\"397\" alt=\"dsc_0008.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0008.JPG\" width=\"401\" \/><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Nothing says &#8220;Hamfest&#8221; like the Wheels of Steel<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"dsc_0014.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0014.JPG\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image786\" style=\"width: 380px; height: 436px\" height=\"436\" alt=\"dsc_0014.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0014.JPG\" width=\"380\" \/><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Nothing completes a Hamfest more than overt illegal drug references.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"dsc_0015.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0015.JPG\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image788\" style=\"width: 312px; height: 495px\" height=\"495\" alt=\"dsc_0015.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/dsc_0015.JPG\" width=\"312\" \/><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Some random vendor approves!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coming soon&#8230; some shots from the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I went to HAMEX 2007, sponsored by the Peel Amateur Radio Club and the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. \u00a0I meant to get there at 9am at opening, but I was delayed and didn&#8217;t get to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/?p=787\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hamsexyness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamsexy.com\/cms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}