A P P L
E S L I C E S
The Weekly Reader of the "22
CREW"
RADIO CLUB OF JHS 22, POB 1052, NEW YORK NY
10002
516,674,4072 FAX
516,674,9600
CLASSROOM NET 7.238 MHz 7AM M-F
WEEK 25 OF 2008-OUR 28TH
YEAR
BFORE YOU KNOW
IT
WE WILL ALL BE
TOGETHER
AGAIN
IN LAS VEGAS..BUT
FIRST..LETS GO TO
D A Y T O
N
2 0 0
8
PART
III
S A T U R D A
Y
FRIDAY
MAY 16 NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS APPEARED TO HAVE HIGHER ATTENDANCE THAN
SATURDAY MAY 17....BUT WHO CARES AS EVERY HAMFEST IS A GOOD HAMFEST FOR THE "22
CREW"....WE GOT TO SPOTS 1336/1337 & 1338 BEFORE 7AM AND RICK-WQ8Q ALREADY
HAD EVERYTHING SET UP AND WAITING..GOOD THING BECAUSE WE LOGGED IN OUR FIRST
VISITOR AT 7:23am AND HERE SHE IS:
K
W 8 Y L
K
I M
.............ALL
THE WAY FROM "MICHIGONIA" AND A REGULAR CHECKIN ON THE CLASSROOM NET THATS THE
FORMER N8FU NOW KW8YL!
JUST
AFTER KIM WENT ON TO SEARCH FOR HAMMY TREASURES LOOK WHO APPEARED AT THE
BOOTH:
THATS
MIKE.....N 9 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa V I............IF YOU CHECK IN WITH THE ROTTEN
APPLES YOU KNOW AND HAVE HEARD N9AVI..NOW A VOICE ON THE RADIO IS ONE THING BUT
NOTHING BEATS A REAL BODY AT DAYTON.
WE
MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT AS WE GOT LOTS OF RETURN VISITORS..THEY LIKED US
SO MUCH FRIDAY THEY CAME BACK TO SEE US SATURDAY....HERE IS ONE OF
MANY:
T
O M
K
C 8 Q G J
NO
TOM IS NOT FROM AUSTRALIA HE JUST LIKES THE PLACE AND THEN ALONG
CAME:
L
U C K Y
TO
BUY HIS ICOM DAY TICKET ON THE SPOT...THANKS K9LUK...
AS
SATURDAY PROGRESSED IT WAS NICE TO SEE "TEAM 22 CREW" HAVE A LITTLE TIME FOR
IDLE SMALL HAM TALK:
TIME
FOR RELAXATION DID NOT LAST LONG AS ANOTHER "NEW ONE" JOINED US AND MANY OF YOU
KNOW THIS FAMOUS FACE...IF YOU DON'T YOU DO NOW...MEET:
J E
R R Y
K
1 S O
JERRY
-K1SO- OUR NASCAR CONNECTION CAN BE HEARD ON AN IRREGULAR BASIS ON THE CLASSROOM
NET FROM HIS MOBILE...
TIME
FLIES WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN BUT AROUND 4PM IT WAS TIME TO SAY "SO LONG" TO
HARA ARENA AS THE CROWDS CERTAINLY HAD THINNED OUT...THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING
SOUTH FROM OUR BOOTH:
FINAL
ATTENDANCE COUNT WE UNDERSTAND IS ABOUT 17,500 FOR THE 3 DAYS OF DAYTON...WE
WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR...SAME SPOTS AND HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US ON "TEAM 22
CREW".
NOW
ALTHOUGH THE HAMFEST MAY BE DONE THE "22 CREW SATURDAY NIGHT EYEBALL" IS JUST
ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY..SO C'MON AND JOIN US:
ARRIVING
AT THE DARK HORSE AROUND 7PM SATURDAY NIGHT IT WAS TRULY HEARTWARMING TO SEE THE
"CREW" STARTING TO GATHER:
L-R
GORDY-WA2JVF, RICK (STANDING) NY4DX, RICH-KI2X, JIM-WD8NES, MIKEEE W2HLD
& WALTER-WA4LT
AND
GATHER THEY DID AS THE HAMMY'S JUST KEPT ON COMIN:
THATS
WALTER ON THE LEFT AND OF COURSE TOM-N2DAD BUT MEET A NEW FACE BUT REAL REAL OLD
PAL OF THE "22 CREW" ON THE RIGHT THATS ERIC-KE2EJ WHO MANY YEARS AGO USED TO
DRIVE HIS MOBILE OVER TO SCHOOL PARK UNDER THE WINDOW AND THE STUDENT'S WOULD
TALK TO HIM ON 7.238 & 21.395, NOW WE HAVE BEEN SEEING ERIC FOR MANY YEARS
AT DAYTON BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE COULD JOIN US ON SATURDAY
NIGHT...WELCOME KE2EJ!
WE
WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS AT OUR NEW MEETING SITE "THE DARK
HORSE" ...THEY COULD NOT OF DONE MORE TO ACCOMODATE US AND WHEN WE ARRIVED AS
PROMISED OUR OWN "RADIOACTIVE" ROOM WAS ALL SET UP:
AND
THEN WE FILLED IT UP:
WITH
TRULY "THE FINAST FLOCK OF FOLKS IN ALL OF HAMDOM!
NATURALLY
NO HAMMY DINNER WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A PRESENTATION...THIS
YEAR....JIM-WD8NES (RED SHIRT) PRESENTED RON-KE4NLW (YELLOW
SHIRT) WITH A CUSTOM MADE SOLID WOOD OUTHOUSE THAT WE THINK WILL ALSO
WORK AS A BIRD HOUSE.
HELPING
IN THE PRESENTATION OF THIS COVETED AWARD IS A GUY THAT LOOKS REAL COMFY WITH A
MICROPHONE IN HIS HAND..
K I 2 X
R
I C H
SADLY
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END...BUT NOT WITHOUT A LAST AFTER DINNER
GOODBYE TO DAYTON 2008:
WILL
YOU BE IN THE PICTURES NEXT YEAR? WILL YOU JOIN "TEAM 22 CREW" NEXT
YEAR....WE SURE HOPE SO
BE
THERE IN 2009!
COME ALONG ON A
MISSION
EVER WISH YOU COULD
JOIN US ON A "22 CREW" MOBILE MISSION..LAST SATURDAY WOULD OF FOR SURE BEEN THE
DAY TO DO IT. SEE WE HAVE THIS CLUB MEMBER LES-KB2GBK FROM STATEN
ISLAND....AND LES NEVER MISSED A MORNING ON THE CLASSROOM NET...IN FACT THERE
WAS A LES FAN CLUB OUT THERE. IN FACT THERE IS AN OLD "APPLE SLICES"
ISSUE WITH THE SI QTH IN IT WHEN WE VISITED HIM JUST BEFORE HE MOVED
TO
N E
W J E R S E Y
YEP OL KB2GBK LEFT THE
BIG APPLE FOR THE COUNTRY AND HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD SINCE. NOPE HE PROMISED
IT WOULD ONLY BE A FEW DAYS TILL HIS ANTENNA GOT UP AND HE WOULD BE BACK...SO
FAR HE HAS NOT COME BACK AND IT IS ALMOST A YEAR....
WELL WHEN STUDENT'S GO
MIA WE GO LOOKING FOR THEM ... JUST LIKE A TRUANT OFFICER WE GET THEM
TOO....WITH OUR NEW GPS WE SIMPLY TYPED IN LES'S NEW ADDRESS AND BINGO...70
MILES GIVE OR TAKE SO LETS GO LIGHT LES'S HAM RADIO FIRE
WOW...WHAT A DIFFERENCE
A FEW MILES MAKES...HERE IS THE ROAD LEADING TO THE NEW KB2GBK QTH:
FOR SURE THIS AIN'T
"STATIC ISLAND" AND ROUNDING THE NEXT
BEND WE
ARRIVE:
AND FOLLOW THE BREAD
CRUMBS RIGHT UP THE DRIVEWAY
GET OUT OF THE "22
CREWMOBILE" AND NOT A SOLE IN SIGHT..NOT EVEN HIS VICIOUS BARKING
DOG..NOTHING NOT A SOUND SO WE LOOK AROUND A LITTLE BEFORE RINGING THE
BELL. HUH WHAT YOU THINK WE FIND? U GOT IT....LES'S ANTENNA HE SAID
WOULD BE UP A YEAR AGO:
THATS IT...SAME ANTENNA
FROM OL STATEN ISLAND..LAYING JUST WHERE HE LEFT IT WHEN HE MOVED
IN...HMMMMMM NO WONDER WE CAN'T HEAR GBK.
SO TIME TO RING THE
BELL AND CONFRONT THE ABSENT STUDENT:
S U P R I S
E.....BUSTED....WE FOUND YOU.... KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A MAFIA GUY DOING THE PERP
WALK FROM MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT BUT NO IT'S KB2GBK SO EXCITED HE FORGOT HIS
SHOES.
WE IMMEDIATELY MARCHED
HIM DOWN THE DRIVEWAY TO GET A QUICK RADIO FIX ON 7.238 AND WORK ALL HIS OLD
PALS USING THE CREWMOBILE RADIO:
AFTER TALKING ON
RADIO-FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A YEAR-LES PROMISED ME HE WOULD GET THAT
ANTENNA UP AND SOON!
AND THEN ALSO PROMISED
THAT THE RADIO IN THE CORNER OF HIS NEW SHACK WOULD GET SET UP
ALSO:
DO YOU BELIEVE
HIM? LET'S JUST SAY YOU CAN WAVE TO GBK FROM EXIT 7A ON THE JERSEY
TURNPIKE...EITHER HE COMES BACK OR WE WILL!
LEAVING LES THE DAY
CONTINUED, AS WE WENT ON ABOUT 30 MILES OR SO DOWN THE ROAD TO PHILADELPHIA PA
AND A FIRST TIME MEETING WITH ANOTHER "22 CREW" CLUB MEMBER:
W
3 V I N
THE BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN W3VIN AND KB2GBK IS THAT SINCE 1987 VIN HAS NEVER GONE MIA!
W3VIN IS WILL
SHELDON. BORN IN 1918 AND STARTED A HAM RADIO CAREER AROUND 1935 WHILE IN
HIGH SCHOOL. WILL WENT INTO WW II AND HIS ELECTRONICS BACKGROUND WAS A MAJOR
PLUS FOR HIM AND OUR COUNTRY WHILE HE SERVED.
JOINING THE "22 CREW"
IN 1987 WILL HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS "HONOR ROLL" MEMBER NOT ONCE MISSING A
YEAR.
HE WORKED COUNTLESS
NUMBERS OF OUR STUDENT'S ON 21.395. ANSWERING QUESTIONS ASKING QUESTIONS
AND PROVING THAT HAM RADIO IS THE GREAT TEACHING TOOL WE KNOW IT
IS.
AT 90 YEARS OF AGE WILL
IS MOVING ON TO A NEW QTH THAT DOES NOT ALLOW ANTENNAS. HIS DAUGHTER
JOANNE CONTACTED US AND ASKED THAT WE COME DOWN AND PICKUP THE W3VIN
EQUIPMENT PLUS FINALLY GET TO MEET WILL.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GUY
AND ALSO WHAT A GREAT FAMILY. WE GOT TO MEET VIN AFTER TALKING FOR 21
YEARS. IT WAS THRILLING. THANK YOU WILL, THANK YOU JOANNE AND FAMILY
AND WILL GOOD LUCK IN THE NEW QTH.
OH AND THATS OUR
PALS 70 PLUS YEAR OLD HAM RADIO LICENSE I AM HOLDING!!!!
I C O M
D A Y 2 0 0 8
WE GOT A LOT MORE
PLAYERS:
6
..........TO BE
EXACT:
GEORGE-N6VNI
JOHN-KB3RFD
JOHN-WA5RHF
LEE-K4LJP
PHIL-W1GEE
RAY-K9RJO
GEORGE, JOHN, JOHN,
LEE, PHIL & RAY.........FROM ALL OF US HERE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR
SUPPORTING THE "22 CREW" AND OUR 15TH ANNUAL ICOM DAY. GOOD LUCK IN THE
CONTEST!
ARE YOU ON THE LIST? WE WILL GET MAIL ON THURSDAY
THE 26TH..MAIL IT NOW AND APPEAR HERE NEXT SUNDAY!
2008 IC DAY PLAYERS LIST
761175 &
761176................GEORGE-NK8T
761177 & 761178
& 761179.........................JOE-W2LED
761180.........................................CAL-W9JAN
761181................................................STU-WA4JUO
761182....................................................ROGER-W8CNJ
761183 &
761184....................................WALTER-WA4LT
761185....................................................BILL-KM4P
761186............................................GRANT-VE3GFM
761187 &
761188...............................DAVID-WB2DZH
761189..............................................DOYLE-WD4HXE
761190 &
761194..................................BOB-W8OWL
761191...............................................BRYAN-KC9HYZ
761192...........................................GENE-WB5KVE
761193.....................................VIC-KA5BDX
761194..........................................ROBERT-W5GQW
761195 &
761196................................BILL-N8DSG
761197..........................................BILL-KI4EWI
761198.......................................VIC-WA2PJZ
761199...................................JIM-N8UA
761200 &
761201.....................RICH-KI2X
761202....................................LUCKY-K9LUK
761203 &
761204...............................WALTER-WA4LT
761205 &
761206.............................DICK-VE3WII
761207 &
761208............................GEORGE-N6VNI
761209....................................JOHN-KB3RFD
761210...................................JOHN-WA5RHF
761211 & 761212
& 761213 & 761214.........LEE-K4LJP
761215............................................PHIL-W1GEE
761216.......................................RAY-K9RJO
B I R T H D A Y S
JUNE
22-28
JUNE 23-MARVELOUS
MONDAY BELONGS TO MIKEEE:
WHEN HE WAS A KID IN BROOKLYN THAT TOWER
BEHIND HIM WAS JUST A DREAM...IT STILL IS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MIKEEE!
JUNE 25-SUSIE...HAPPY
BIRTHDAY....TO THE XYL OF WA4LT!!!
YOU KNOW THE SAYING THAT GOES BEHIND EVERY
GREAT MAN THERE IS.......YOU KNOW THE REST ... WELL IN THIS CASE IT REALLY
IS TRUE! HAVE A GREAT B'DAY SUE!
JUNE 26 - COTTON,
WB2IHW LONG TIME "22 CREW" CLASSROOM NET CHECK IN...COTTON HAVE A
SUPER DUPER BIRTHDAY.
**********OK SO ITS NOT A BIRTHDAY BUT IT
GETS HONORABLE MENTION....
JUNE 24
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO WY8I & N8DMX THATS JIM AND KAREN OF
MICHIGONIA. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY "KIDS"!!!
**********THATS ALL FOLKS....OK..DID WE MISS YOU?????... LET
US KNOW........DO WE KNOW IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP? LET US KNOW THAT
ALSO***********
3, 4 7
7
TWO BOXES...OVER
70 POUNDS OF MANUALS...THANKS TO LEE-K4LJP HAVE ARRIVED AND ARE BEING
CATALOGED.
LEE JUST JOINED
ICOM DAY (SEE ABOVE) AND WAS A VITAL PART OF "TEAM 22 CREW" AT
DAYTON. LOOK FOR HIS PICTURE IN "APPLE SLICES 23".
FOR SURE LEE
WILL BREAK US THROUGH THE 3,500 BARRIER.
THANK
YOU K4LJP!
TEACHER'S
MEETING
JULY 12 & 13
2008
LAS VEGAS
4 WEEKS OR SO ....GEORGE-N6VNI WILL BE
DELIVERING THE "KEYNOTE SPEECH" IN FACT HE JUST VOLUNTERED
YESTERDAY...
THIS IS THE PREMIER HAM RADIO AND
EDUCATION EVENT OF THE YEAR .. DO NOT MISS IT.
**************I M P O R T A N T
!!!
ROOMS ARE BLOCKED FOR US.
WHEN YOU CALL THE FOLLOWING NUMBER HIT #1 FOR ROOM RESERVATIONS...YOU MUST ASK
THE LIVE PERSON YOU WILL SOONER OR LATER GET FOR "NATIONAL RADIO TEACHER'S
MEETING" SPECIAL ROOM RATE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE MAKING THE
RESERVATION PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH
IT..
...DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT...CALL THE
PLAZA HOTEL
Toll Free:
(800) 634-6575
MAKE YOUR
RESERVATION...
AND BE A
PART OF THE EDUCOM EFFORT!
NEED A TAX
DEDUCTION
RADIOS YOU CAN WRITE OFF..KIDS YOU CAN'T
CALL US...WE WILL
GLADLY GO ON A "22 CREW" MISSION TO YOUR QTH!
THIS WEEKS SKED
THURSDAY THE
26TH...THE BABY IS MOVING TO MANHATTAN. THE NET WILL BE IN THE ABLE HANDS
OF WA4LT & WY8I.
ALL OTHER DAYS
SHOULD BE ahhhhhhh "NORMAL"!
DING
DONG