Category: IBEW

Sticker News (from Holland)

Lex PH2LB sends this really interesting Vice story about stickers and sticker culture. Who knew? The original article is in Dutch, but just hit the Google Translate button and Bob will be your uncle.

https://www.vice.com/nl/article/wxnpp5/wie-zijn-de-mensen-die-overal-stickers-plakken

I shared with our Solder-Sticker Community these thoughts:

Really cool Lex. This reminds me that we need more stickers. And maybe a new design. The IBEW thing confuses Americans — here it looks like a labor union thing.

The Color Burst Liberation Army logo (below) is one possible element that we might want to include. I think our new stickers should exhort people to DO something:

“BUILD A SHORTWAVE RECEIVER!”

“LIBERATE 3.579 MHz!”

“MELT SOLDER!”

“RESIST FT-8!”

“JUST SAY NO TO SDR!”

Things like that.

Thoughts? Discuss.

500 WYKSYCDS IBEW Stickers Arrive in Europe! Order yours today! Free!

Lex PH2LB in the Netherlands has gone the extra kilometer for the IBEW. When he saw the stickers that had been placed in New York City, he asked for the design. I sent him the files that Jesse N5JHH (designer of the stickers) had sent to me. Very quickly, Lex had 500 of these stickers printed up and ready to go (see above). His shack now serves as a veritable beachhead in Europe for the IBEW and the CBLA. Thank you Les!

Les has even set up an on-line order form for those who seek to assist in the noble campaign to spread the word about our cause:

Les is making the stickers available for free — all you need to do is pay the postage.

Please be sure to send us pictures of the stickers after they have been placed.

And let’s not forget that the quote on the sticker is from Pete Juliano, N6QW.

Here is one that recently showed up in Blacksburg, Virginia (zoom in on the green utility box):


And here is Lex’s very interesting site, with his Knack Story: https://www.ph2lb.nl/blog/index.php?page=history