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The Weekly Reader of the "22
CREW"
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WEEK 29 OF 2008-OUR 28TH YEAR
6TH ANNUAL NATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO TEACHER'S
MEETING....
....IS
NOW IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. THIS IS THE PREMIER EVENT OF THE "22 CREW"
SEASON. IT IS ALSO THE MOST BENEFICIAL GATHERING TO EDUCATION AND AMATEUR
RADIO OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.
LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT A WEEK AGO IN VEGAS:
THE
JOURNEY BEGAN FRIDAY MORNING THE 11TH AT GATE 2 OF JET BLUE AT
JFK:
JET
BLUE SAID WE WERE GOING TO GO AT 7:40 AM AND THEY MEANT IT ...BY 8AM WE WERE OFF
THE GROUND AND LOOKING AT MANHATTAN FROM AN ANGLE WE DONT NORMALLY SEE IT
FROM:
THERE
WAS SOME HAZE THAT MORNING BUT DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER OF THE ABOVE YOU CAN SEE
THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND IF THERE WAS LESS CLOUDS YOU COULD PROBABLY SEE
THE ROOF OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 22 34 BLOCKS TO THE LEFT RIGHT ALONG THE EAST
RIVER.
AND
IN NO TIME OR AT LEAST IT SEEMED LIKE NO TIME WE WERE FLYING OVER LAKE MEAD AND
DESCENDING IN ALTITUDE ON THE APPROACH TO VEGAS:
NOW
THIS IS OUR 6TH TRIP AT THE SAME TIME OF YEAR TO VEGAS AND OUR 6TH TIME ON JET
BLUE AND THEY ALL FLY OVER THE SAME SECTION OF LAKE MEAD. EVERY OTHER YEAR
LOOKING DOWN YOU WOULD SEE WHAT APPEARED TO BE LITERALLY 1000'S OF BOATS IN
MOTION. SOMETHING LIKE THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY ON FRIDAY NIGHT HAS CAR
TRAFFIC WELL THATS THE WAY THE BOAT TRAFFIC ALWAYS WAS. NOTE IN THE
PICTURE YOU CAN SEE MAYBE 2 BOATS MOVING. ALL AND I MEAN ALL THE BOATS
WERE VISABLY PARKED AT DOCKS...THE GAS CURSE IS HITTING NEVADA BOATING REAL
HARD!
FLIGHT
196 LANDED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AT McCARRAN AIRPORT AND WITH NO
CHECKED BAGS, WHICH ANYMORE IS THE ONLY WAY TO FLY, WE WERE ON THE CURB THEN ON
THE WAY AND IN FRONT OF THE PLAZA:
IN
WHAT SEEMED LIKE LESS THAN 15 MINUTES..AND WOW I THOUGHT WALTER WAS IN HAWAII
AND MIKEEE WAS IN TEXAS AND BURT WAS IN FLORIDA BUT LOOK THEY SAY THEY ARE ALL
HERE DOING A SHOW:
WHOOPS....FOUND
OUT IS WAS ANOTHER RAT PACK..OH WELL BUT YES THERE WAS A WELCOMING COMMITTEE ON
OUR ARRIVAL:
KO4QT-"QUICK
TRUCK"-STEVE WAS AT THE DOOR AWAITING US AND LET THIS BE A LESSON...WHEN YOU
TAKE A PICTURE MAKE SURE YOUR SUBJECT DOES NOT HAVE SLOT MACHINES IN THE
BACKGROUND.
STEVE-KO4QT
IS OUR EDUCATION CHAIRMAN AND SHARES THE TITLE AND RESPONSIBILITES OF THE
POSITION WITH DAVE-N9QP WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT MAKE IT OUT THIS
YEAR.
NOW
EVERY PROFESSIONAL MEETING NEEDS A MASTER AND MASTRESS OF CEREMONIES...IN OTHER
WORDS....SOMEONE HAS TO RUN THE SHOW.
DIRECTLY
TO THE RIGHT OF STEVE MAKING HIS APPROACH WAS THE
"MASTER"
THE
"MASTER" BEING GEORGE-N6VNI WHO IS REALLY NOT SLEEPING STANDING UP AFTER THE
LONG RIDE FROM CA BUT IS JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME.
AS
WE ALL KNOW IF THERE IS A MASTER THE MASTRESS CANT BE FAR
AWAY....
YEP
THATS KRIS-KC6TOD "22 CREW MASTRESS OF CEREMONIES" WAITING ON THE CHECKIN LINE
WHILE OM N6VNI CAME OVER TO GREET US.
YOU
KNOW THE RADIO COMMERCIAL THAT TALKS ABOUT VEGAS AND ONE OF THE LINES THE LADY
SAYS "THINK HIGH ROLLER BABY" WELL KRIS AND GEORGE MUST HAVE THOSE HIGH
ROLLER CONNECTIONS AS AFTER EVERYONE SETTLED IN A TRIP TO THEIR ROOM REAVEALED A
VERITABLE PLAZA PALACE AND A BALCONY THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY WALK OUT ON WITH A
PICTURE POSTCARD VIEW OF FREEMONT STREET:
WHILE
KC6TOD UNPACKED N6VNI AND I CONDUCTED HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSIONS ON JUST HOW THIS
WHOLE THING WAS GOING TO UNFOLD:
WHICH
TOOK TOPS 3 TO 4 MINUTES. I COULD TELL THE "MASTER" AND "MASTRESS" WERE
WELL PREPARED AND READY TO ROLL.
STARTING
AROUND 4 AM NY TIME IT WAS A LONG DAY ALREADY WITH LOTS TO COME SO OFF TO
DREAMLAND THEN SATURDAY'S 5 PM POOL SOCIAL GET
TOGETHER.
MADE
IT TO THE POOL AT 5 PM AND THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN BEING SURROUNDED BY
GREAT HELPERS. EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR STEVE KO4QT HAD ALREADY
ARRIVED:
AND
HAD THE SITUATION WELL UNDER CONTROL:
NOTABLY
MISSING FROM THE POOL SIDE ACTION WERE THE "MASTER & MASTRESS" THE TWO THAT
WOULD BE RUNNING THE SHOW TOMORROW, SUNDAY, AROUND 7 PM WHEN POOLSIDE
ACTIVITIES STARTED TO THIN IT WAS TIME TO GO LOOKING FOR THE MIA TEAM....NOW HOW
WERE WE TO KNOW THEY WERE NOT INTO SUN/FUN AND SPLASHING...NOPE NO SUNBURN FOR
THEM AS THEY DECIDED TO STAY IN THE WORK OUT ROOM BUILDING MUSCLE
TONE IN THEIR BUTTON PUSHING FINGERS:
SATURDAY WAS QUICKLY WINDING
DOWN BUT STILL HAD TO EAT SO THANKS TO THE "KC6TOD MOBILE"
THE COMMITTEE
PILED IN AND WENT TO THE "RIO" FOR WHAT IS BILLED AS THE BEST BUFFETT IN
VEGAS:
AND THEY WERE
RIGHT! BETTER THAN THE BELLAGIO THAT I ALWAYS BELIEVED WAS #1 THE RIO HAS
EVEN THAT BEAT. YET ANOTHER DAY CAME TO AN END AND NOW BRIGHT AND EARLY,
10 AM, SUNDAY FOR THE MAIN EVENT:
10 CAME REAL
FAST SUNDAY MORNING. THIS YEAR WE UPGRADED FACILITIES AND HAD THE ACTUAL
CONFERENCE ACROSS THE STREET IN THE LAS VEGAS CLUB WHICH THE PLAZA ALSO
OWNS:
I MADE THE
OPENING REMARKS:
EDUCATIONAL
DIRECTOR KO4QT GAVE AN AWE INSPIRING TALK ON THE USE OF HAM RADIO IN
EDUCATION:
WHILE
KRIS WAS MORE COMFORTABLE SPEAKING FROM THE
AUDIENCE
OM
GEORGE-N6VNI DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF HANDLING THE STAGE, FIELDING
QUESTIONS:
AND
FINALLY SIGNING OFF ENDING THE 6TH ANNUAL NATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO TEACHERS
MEETING...TAKE A LOOK:
Click player to view!
AFTER
THE MEETING WE GATHERED FOR DINNER:
AND
THE TOPIC WAS "HOW DO WE DO AS GOOD AS WE DID THIS YEAR NEXT
YEAR"?
#6
WAS A ROARING SUCCESS AND WE HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU READING THIS WILL COME OUT
NEXT YEAR!
BUT
WAIT .. WE STILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE BIG APPLE.
IT'S
MONDAY MORNING NOW AND OUR JET BLUE FLIGHT LEAVES AT 1:30.
GETTING
TO THE AIRPORT EARLY IS A GOOD THING AS THERE IS SECURITY TO DEAL WITH AND JUST
GETTING THERE AND ON AND ON SO EARLY IS GOOD.
WE
ACTUALLY ARRIVED AT THE JET BLUE GATE AROUND 11:15..WHOA A FLIGHT FOR JFK LEAVES
11:50. THAT GETS US IN EARLIAR SO WE APPROACH THE GATE AGENT..HE SAYS...AND I
QUOTE.."ONE SEAT LEFT U GOT IT". NOW IT WAS A MIDDLE SEAT WHICH IS NOT A
PICNIC FOR 5 HOURS BUT HEY ITS OK AND WOW IT IS IN THE FIRST
ROW.
BOARDING
STARTS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WE GET ON STOW OUR STUFF AND SIT DOWN IN SEAT
1E. I LOOK AT THE GUY ON MY RIGHT AND THINK .. I KNOW THIS GUY...EITHER I
KNOW HIM OR HE IS "SOMEBODY"..ANYWAY THE PLANE TAKES OFF AND WE START
CHATTING.
SURE
ENOUGH......
.......REMEMBER..THE
TEACHER IS ALWAYS RIGHT... I DO KNOW HIM...WELL NOT PERSONALLY...IT IS THE VERY
VERY FAMOUS VICTOR RAMDIN, PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYER, MEMBER OF THE
POKERSTARS.NET PRO TEAM WHOM YOU CAN SEE MOST TIMES YOU TURN ON ESPN AND
THE 2006 1ST PLACE WINNER OF THE FOXWOODS CLASSIC. PLUS MORE http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/victor-ramdin/
MORE
IMPORTANT THAN ALL THAT. WHAT A NICE GUY. I MEAN SOMEONE YOU CAN SIT
NEXT TO FOR 5 HOURS IN A MIDDLE SEAT AND REALLY ENJOY THE
TRIP.
VICTOR
IS FROM THE BRONX AND A PHILANTHROPIST WHEN IT COMES TO CAUSES BENEFITTING
CHILDREN. HE SUPPORTS COUNTLESS EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS IN NYC AND AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND WORLD. HIS DREAM/GOAL BEING TO BUILD AND SUPPORT AN ORPHANAGE
IN HIS NATIVE GUYANA BEFORE THE AGE OF 50. FROM LISTENIG TO VIC SPEAK HE
WILL DO IT AS HE IS AS EXCITED ABOUT HELPING KIDS HIS WAY AS WE ARE ABOUT DOING
IT THROUGH COMMUNICATION. SURE GLAD WE GOT THE LAST
SEAT!
NOW
YOU HAVE READ HERE IN "APPLE SLICES" THAT WHEN THE PARADE IS OVER ON THURSDAY
THANKSGIVING MORNING MACY'S STARTS PLANNING FOR THE NEXT ONE ON FRIDAY
MORNING. WE ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM MACY'S. THE 7TH ANNUAL NATIONAL
AMATEUR RADIO TEACHER'S MEETING IS BEING PLANNED AS YOU READ THIS. IN FACT
THE FLYERS ARE PRINTED AND ALREADY GOING OUT WITH ALL OUR MAILINGS. WILL
YOU BE LUCKY ENOUGH:
TO
JOIN US AT THE 7 TH ANNUAL MEETING? WE HOPE SO! IT IS NOT TOO EARLY
TO BOOK A FLIGHT AND MAKE A RESERVATION
DO
IT NOW. RIGHT NOW. SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR AT THE
PLAZA.
THE WEEK IN
SPORTS
YOU KNOW I ALWAYS THOUGHT I HAD THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. A
SCHOOL TEACHER ON MANHATTAN ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE IN THE CAPITOL
CITY OF THE WORLD USING HAM RADIO AS THE THEME TO EDUCATE THE GREATEST KIDS ON
EARTH. WELL WE MAY HAVE TO RETHINK OUR
POSITION.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A NYC POLICEMAN WHO GETS TO PATROL
"THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT" YANKEE STADIUM DURING THIS WEEKS ALL STAR
GAME?
YES
THATS STEVEN-KB2KUC MY STUDENT IN 1987 +- ALL GROWN UP AND IN UNIFORM AND
KEEPING THE ALL STAR GAME SAFE FOR FANS. SOMEHOW I THINK HE WOULD RATHER
BE IN THE PINSTRIPE UNIFORM BUT NY'S FINAST IS JUST
FINE!
NOW THIS
WAS TUESDAYS ALL STAR GAME AND ON THURSDAY I WENT IN TO PO BOX 1052 TO PICK UP
THE MAIL..THATS NOT ALL I PICKED UP...I PICKED UP EDITH...MY SPECIAL ED/HAM
RADIO SUPERVISOR FROM YEARS AGO AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 22..EDITH THE LADY THAT
PICKS THE ICOM DAY WINNER EACH YEAR WAS THERE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN STEVEN WAS A
STUDENT...SO WE GOT THE MAIL WE GOT THE EDITH AND WE WENT DUE NORTH 91 OR SO
MILES TO STEVENS NEW HOUSE IN MIDDLETOWN NY FOR LUNCH
ARRIVIING REAL
HUNGRY AROUND 12 NOON:
A GREAT TIME
WAS HAD BY ONE AND ALL ...THE SHIRT I AM WEARING IS THE ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION
"CREW" SHIRT THAT CAME OUT AROUND 1986..STEVEN AND I STILL HAVE OURS BUT WE
UPDATED STEVEN WITH THE LATEST IN "22 CREW" FASHION:
WHICH IS A LOT
DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST SHIRT SO HE IS GOOD FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS....FOR A HAMMY
SCHOOL TEACHER NOTHING BETTER THAN HAVING A GREAT STUDENT BECOME A GREAT ADULT
AND AN OLD BOSS STAY A PAL:
I C O
M D A Y 2 0 0 8
W O W...WAT A
WEEK!
THIS WAS
A SUPER WEEK FOR ICOM DAY SUBSCRIBERS. ALL OF US AT "22 CREW" HQ WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FRIENDS:
JIM-AA0XJ
(ICOM DAY WINNER 1995)
JIM &
BECKY-WA4YIZ
BOYD-W0BUW
SUE-KD5LKG
SAMMY-N5AF
RALPH-K2PF
ROLAND-W4MUR
AUBREY-K8AGE
JIM-KF4GNJ
WILLIAM-WB2ODD
TO EACH OF YOU
LUCKY 11 GOOD LUCK IN THE CONTEST. WELCOME BACK TO OLD FRIENDS, WELCOME TO
THE NEW PLAYERS AND AGAIN TO ALL...THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!
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
761217......................................GARY-KB3QPB
761218 &
761219............................JIM-AA0XJ
761220...................................JIM &
BECKY-WA4YIZ
761221........................................BOYD-W0BUW
761222......................................SUE-KD5LKG
761223.....................................SAMMY-N5AF
761224 &
761225 & 761226 & 761227............RALPH-K2PF
761228 &
761229...............................ROLAND-W4MUR
761230.........................................AUBREY-K8AGE
761231...........................................JIM-KF4GNJ
761232..............................................WILLIAM-WB2ODD
******DO YOU
SEE YOUR NAME ABOVE? IF YOU JUST SAID NO PRINT THE FOLLOWING...FILL OUT
THE BOTTOM AND SEND IT IN THIS WEEK...WE WILL BE GETTING MAIL ON THURSDAY
SO WATCH OUT FOR YOUR NAME NEXT WEEK.
B I R T H D A Y S
JULY 20--JULY
26
JULY
21-KC8QGJ-TOM HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM....WE GET TO MEET TOM AT LEAST
ONCE A YEAR DAYTON THIS YEAR HE IS LOOKING YOUNGER
AND BETTER THAN EVER HAVE A MARVELOUS MONDAY BIRTHDAY
TOM.
JULY 25-KO4QuickTruck-STEVE YOU
JUST SAW HIM ABOVE IN LAS VEGAS AND IF YOU MAKE PLANS TO JOIN US YOU CAN MEET
HIM NEXT YEAR AND SAY AN EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. STEVEEE MAY FABULOUS FRIDAY
THE 25TH BE THE BEST BIRTHDAY
EVER.
JULY
26-W4SNT-BURT MENTIONED ABOVE IN THE "RAT PACK" REVIEW.
BURT IS A STAR MEMBER OF "TEAM 22 CREW ORLANDO" PLUS HAS BEEN WITH US WAY BACK
IN MIAMI AND ALSO DAYTON. BURT SADLY YOU GET A SATURDAY BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR SO NO
NET TO START THE DAY BUT WE WILL ALL BE EATING CAKE IN UR HONOR FOR BREAKFAST
SATURDAY MORNING. HAVE A GREAT
BIRTHDAY.
**********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 9
1
JUST 9
TO GO AND WE WILL HIT THE MAGIC 3,500 TOTAL. ITS A LITTLE LATE FOR "SPRING
CLEANING" BUT HOW ABOUT "SUMMER SANITATION" LOOK FOR ALL THOSE MANUALS YOU
NO LONGER NEED AND SEND THEM OVER!
HUNTSVILLE
HAMFEST
AUGUST 16
& 17
IT IS
OFFICIAL. THE "22 CREW" WILL ONCE AGAIN APPEAR AT THE HUNTSVILLE
HAMFEST MAKING THIS OUR 23RD CONSECUTIVE HH. THIS YEAR WE WILL PRESENT AN EDUCOM
FORUM ON SUNDAY MORNING THE 17TH.
IF YOU
LIKE HAMFESTS AND HAVE BEEN TO HUNTSVILLE YOU KNOW IT IS THE GREATEST ALL INDOOR
HAMFEST ON EARTH. IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO HUNTSVILLE AND LIKE HAMFESTS
YOU NEED TO MAKE PLANS TO GO THIS YEAR.
NOTHING..NOT ONE NOT ANYWHERE COMES CLOSE TO THIS HAMFEST...IT IS SIMPLY
THE BEST AND FOR SO MANY REASONS.
MAKE
PLANS NOW TO BE A PART OF "TEAM 22 CREW HUNTSVILLE
2008".
WATCH
NEXT WEEKS APPLE SLICES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
NEED A TAX
DEDUCTION
RADIOS YOU CAN WRITE OFF..KIDS YOU
CAN'T
CALL
US NOW AND WE WILL BE IN YOUR DRIVEWAY TOMORROW
MORNING!
THIS WEEKS SKED
MONDAY-CREWMOBILE GETS AN OIL CHANGE, THIS WILL BE A MOBILE
CLASSROOM NET MORNING FROM THE PARKING LOT OF HOLIDAY SERVICE..THE FOLKS THAT
FOR 121,412 MILES HAVE CARED FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR MOBILE.
TUESDAY-WALTER, WA4LT RETURNS TO THE CLASSROOM NET.
DING
DONG