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
 
 
      http://www.wb2jkj.org
            http://www.hamradiomanuals.com
        
CLASSROOM NET 7.238 MHz 7AM M-F
WEEK 26 OF 2008-OUR 28TH YEAR 
 
 
 
 
THANK YOU:
and
THANK YOU
SPECIAL THANKS TO WALTER WA4LT & JIM WY8I FOR PICKING UP THE CLASSROOM NET IN OUR ABSENCE ON THURSDAY THE 26TH.
 
THE LAST HARMONIC, JUSTINE, LEFT THE NEST...YES THE LAST LITTLE CHICKIE FLEW THE COOP AT 8AM ON THUNDERING THURSDAY...PROMPTLY AT 8 THE MOVERS AND THEIR VAN APPEARED:
AND THEN THINGS STARTED GETTING A LITTLE CRAZY:
BUT AFTER A LOT OF PUSHING, PULLING, BOXING, LOADING AND SCHLEPPING...THE TRUCK WAS ON THE WAY AND WE FOLLOWED TO THE BLOCK WHERE THE BABY'S NEW QTH IS:
THAT'S 52ND STREET ONE BLOCK EAST OF 1ST AVENUE AND IF YOU LOOK UP AND COUNT 36 FLOORS YOU CAN SEE HER NEW HOUSE:
AND LOOKING UP IS ONE THING BUT WHEN YOU GET UP THERE AND LOOK DOWN:
IT SURE IS A LONG WAY...THAT'S 53RD ST LOOKING WEST AND THE INTERSECTION IS 1ST AVE...LETS HOPE THE ELEVATORS NEVER STOP WORKING...DID I HEAR SOMEONE SAY PARACHUTE?
 
MEANTIME AND AGAIN A SPECIAL THANKS TO WALTER AND JIM FOR DOING A SPECTACULAR JOB HANDLING THE NET WHILE DEAR OL DAD DID "DAD DUTIES"!
 
HOW I SPENT MY SATURDAY MORNING...
....WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD:
THATS AN INCREDIBLE PICTURE OF NY'S RADIO ROW..THE PLACE EVERY KID WENT ON SATURDAY MORNING LONG AGO TO COMB THRU THE SURPLUS STORES AND LOOK LONGINGLY AT THE LATEST MASTERPIECE FROM JOHNSON OR DRAKE OR COLLINS AND MORE...CHECK THE PICTURE CLOSELY:  ARROW ELECTONICS, LEONARD RADIO, DAVEGA AND MORE..THAT IS JUST HOW I AND LOTS OF US REMEMBER IT...
 
NOT SURE WHERE HE GOT IT FROM BUT A SPECIAL TIP OF THE "22 CREW" BUCKET HAT TO RICHIE-WA2RQY FOR SENDING IN THIS INCREDIBLE PART OF NY AND HAM RADIO'S GLORIOUS PAST.
 
 EDUCOM WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT
 
ACROSS THE POND, SO TO SPEAK, EDUCOM IS THRIVING IN THE CLASSROOM OF JOHN HISLOP-G7OHO.  JOHN HAS BEEN ACTIVE WITH THE "22 CREW" FOR MANY YEARS AND THE FOLLOWING IS A DIRECT REPRINT FROM JOHN'S LATEST EDUCOM UPDATE:
 
To keep you informed on the latest happenings at our school club:
I have twelve youngsters going for their foundation licence,
with the exam in late July. See attached photo.
It shows the
marketing manager from Icom UK, handing over a  D-Star radio to
the club. Icom is based very close to us in Herne Bay and we
are in Ramsgate, Kent.  The hope is that the lads can
communicate worldwide, and for sure with the Radio Club of Junior
High School 22 NYC.
THE "22 CREW" PASSES ALONG CONGRATULATIONS ON YET ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR JOHN USING HAM RADIO IN THE CLASSROOM AND TO OUR FRIENDS AT ICOM-GREAT BRITAIN..WE SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF EDUCATION THRU COMMUNICATION.
 
THE YOUNG FOLKS PICTURED ABOVE MAKE UP THE EDUCOM CLASS AT CHATHAM HOUSE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND THEIR CLUB CALL IS M0DLI.  STUDENT'S RANGE IN AGE FROM 12-14.
 
JOHN...KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!  GOOD LUCK TO THE STUDENT'S TAKING THE FOUNDATION EXAM IN JULY AND AGAIN THANKS TO ICOM FOR UNDERSTANDING THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF HAM RADIO IN THE CLASSROOM.
 
WE ARE NOT READY TO LEAVE ENGLAND YET...HERE IS ANOTHER BREAKING STORY FROM ACROSS THE POND ALL ABOUT:
 
GERONIMO JO
 
REMEMBER BACK IN "APPLE SLICES 24" WE TOLD YOU HOW THE #2 HARMONIC JOHANNA WAS GOING TO EXIT A PERFECTLY GOOD AIRPLANE IN MIDAIR:
 
Hi Folks,

I have decided to strap myself to a stranger and get chucked out of a plane for the Teenage Cancer Trust - 29th June.
Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity devoted to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer.
 
In recent years cancer has effected my family and friends.  Too many people have stories of lost loved ones and long struggles.  
This event is to aid in celebrating life and honor those less fortunate.

If you would like to sponsor me, please click on the link https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/challenges/sponsor/  select 'Jump for TCT' (ignore the date referenced) and finally select my name.

I promise there will be photographic evidence to prove I have not bailed out at the last minute.

Thanks very much,
Jo

P.S. Please forward this to any folks whom you think would like to sponsor the Teenage Cancer Trust.



_____________________________________
Johanna Fairclough
Deutsche Bank AG
Legal, Risk & Capital

Tel: +44 207 54 73592
Fax: +44 207 54 53446
 
 
 
WELL GUESS WHAT BOYS AND GIRLS...TODAY IS JUNE 29...BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS THE EXCITEMENT SHOULD BE OVER. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND SENT IN YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS GREAT KID AND VERY GOOD CAUSE.
 
NEXT WEEKS APPLE SLICES SHOULD FEATURE SOME SOME BEFORE/DURING & AFTER PICTURES.
 
I C O M   D A Y   2 0 0 8
NOTHING AND NO ONE NEW TO REPORT.  AFTER A HUGE RUSH LAST WEEK THIS WEEK NO ONE SIGNED UP.  LETS CHANGE THAT FOR NEXT WEEK...FILL IN THE FORM NOW AND SEND IT IN.
 
 
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 28-JULY
 
JULY 4.....JUST LIKE "YANKEE DOODLE DANDY" CARL WAS BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CARL-W8CBS OF DAYTON OHIO.  CARL WAS A BIG HELP TRYING TO GET HAMVENTION INFO A FEW YEARS BACK AND WE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE ASSISTANCE.  HAVE A BIG BANG BIRTHDAY CARL!
 
 
**********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 8 
 
UP ONE THIS WEEK TO A TOTAL OF 3,478 MANUALS.  REMEMBER AS YOU ARE CLEANING UP THE SHACK LOOK OUT FOR BOOKS...ALSO IF YOU ARE ATTENDING A HAMFEST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ORIGINAL MANUALS.
 
..........AND SPEAKING OF HAMFESTS...
 
CHARLOTTE 2009
 
THANK YOU MIKEEE-WD4DUG FOR BRINGING IN THIS BREAKING NEWS:
 
Tonight at the Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Society's (W4BFB) June meeting, it
was officially announced that the Charlotte Hamfest is moving for 2009 !
Like our friends in Shelby, we have also grown tired of the limitations of
our venue, the Merchandise Mart, on things that we couldn't control and saw
no income from,
especially the high parking fees and food and concession pricing.
I am happy to announce that for 2009 the Charlotte Hamfest will be held at
the Cabarrus Arena off Highway 49, just North of Harrisburg, NC.
Its just minutes away from North Carolinas most visited tourist destination,
Concord Mills Mall.
THE "22 CREW" WILL BE IN CHARLOTTE IN MARCH AT THE NEW LOCATION AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DISPLAYING THE EDUCOM PROGRAM AT THIS NEW SITE.
 
WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING VOLUNTEERS FOR "TEAM 22 CREW CHARLOTTE 2009".
 
WD4DUG IS ON THE TEAM..WHAT ABOUT YOU?  LET US KNOW AS YOU MAKE YOUR PLANS. 
 
 
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13 
2008
LAS VEGAS
Welcome to Las Vegas
2 WEEKS FROM TODAY THERE WILL BE NO "APPLE SLICES".  THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OF THE YEAR IN HAM RADIO AND EDUCATION IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.
 
NOTHING COMES CLOSE TO THIS MEETING FOR ATTRACTING AND SUPPORTING EDUCATORS WHO WANT TO BRING HAM RADIO TO THEIR CLASSROOM.
YOU NEED NOT BE A TEACHER...SIMPLY BE A HAM THAT UNDERSTANDS AND WANTS TO FURTHER THE CONCEPT OF AMATEUR RADIO IN THE CLASSROOM AS A TEACHING TOOL.
 
JET BLUE/SOUTHWEST/DELTA AND MORE HAVE PLENTY OF SEATS AVAILABLE AND THE PLAZA IS HOLDING A ROOM FOR YOU....MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO BE WITH US.
 
************ 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 TODAY WE WILL BE IN YOUR DRIVEWAY TOMORROW MORNING!
 
 
 
THIS WEEKS SKED
 
WIDE OPEN....NOTHING AT ALL ON THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME.  BEING A SHORT WEEK DUE TO THE HOLIDAY ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD BE AT HQ DAILY.
 
 
DING DONG

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