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 34 OF 2007-OUR 27TH YEAR
9 5 7 M I L E S
AND LOOK WHO WE FOUND ON THE WAY TO H U N T S V I L L E
NOW 957 MILES MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT AND IT IS BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A HF RADIO MOBILE ALL YOUR BEST FRIENDS COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE....LEAVING CREW HQ AT 4AM ON AUG.17 WE NEVER STOPPED TALKING -EXCEPT FOR THE FUEL STOPS- ARRIVING HUNTSVILLE AND THE HAMFEST SITE AT 7PM.....ALONG THE WAY YOU DO HAVE TO STOP.....AND IN ALL THOSE MILES YOU DO PASS FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY.....SEE THE FRIEND ABOVE? THATS HUGH-AC4HY NEIGHBOR OF RON KG4MLO...HUGH AND RON TOLD ME THAT I WOULD BE PASSING THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES WHEN I GOT TO TN.....STOP FOR LUNCH? GOOD IDEA.....GET OFF I-81 AT EXIT 8 AND LETS MEET AT THE CRACKER BARREL......WE DID.....HUGH GOT THEIR FIRST:
RON-KG4MLO GOT THEIR SECOND:
NOW WITH AC4HY & KG4MLO TOGETHER AT THE SAME TABLE YOU KNOW IT IS GOING TO GET REAL INTERESTING AND IT DID...IN FACT IT GOT SO INTERESTING ....MIRANDA...OUR WAITRESS... EVEN JOINED THE PARTY:
YIKES....TALK ABOUT THE ROSE BETWEEN THE TWO THORNS....ANYWAY.. LUNCH WAS GREAT....PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT "22 CREW" MEMBERS REALLY ARE THE FINAST FLOCK OF FOLKS IN ALL OF HAMDOM.....BUT WITH ALMOST 300 MILES TO GO IT WAS TIME TO GET THE BIG WHEELS ROLLING... KISSED HUGH AND RON GOOD BYE AND BACK ON THE HIWAY HEADED TO HUNTSVILLE.
ARRIVING 7PM HUNTSVILLE TIME (THEY ARE AN HOUR BEHIND US) WE WENT RITE TO THE SITE UNLOADED AND SET UP THE BOOTH....NEEDLESS TO SAY AFTER A FULL DAY ON THE ROAD...LUNCH WITH THE BOYZ.....AND NOW THE SETUP AND DELIVERY IT WAS TIME FOR SOME REST...BUT AFTER CHECKING IN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HAMFEST AT THE HOLIDAY INN LOW AND BEHOLD LOOK WHO WE FIND WAITING FOR US....
ON THE LEFT THATS MARK-KJ4VO AND ON THE RITE THATS TOM-N2DAD.......YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO TIRED AND IT CAN NEVER BE TOO LATE TO HAVE A CHAT WITH MORE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS SO WE DID.....
7AM -AUG. 19- THE NEXT DAY CAME REAL FAST....UP AND OUT THE DOOR ON AND ACROOS THE STREET TO THE HAMFEST...DOORS OPENED AT 9AM AND LET ME TELL YOU IT WAS JUST LIKE THE GOOD OL DAYS.....SO MANY HAMFESTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS YOU CANT TELL IF THEY ARE OPEN OR NOT BUT THIS ONE ... WOW....9AM YOU KNEW THE GATES OPENED AND THE MOB RUSHED IN...IT WAS QUITE A START.....
EVER BEEN TO THE ROCHESTER NY HAMFEST? IT REALLY IS A GOOD ONE...THE GUY THAT FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER WHO RUNS IT IS HAROLD...HE IS ON THE LEFT....HIS SECOND IN COMMAND IS RICHARD HE IS ON THE RITE....RICHARD KR2Y WAS A STUDENT OF OUR MEMBER AND PAL BILL-WR2L IN FACT RICHARD STILL OWES BILL SOME HS WORK...BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME....MEANTIME MEET HAROLD AND RICHARD:
HUNTSVILLE WAS THE PERFECT PLACE TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR UPCOMING NATIONAL TEACHERS MEETING...HERE IS CLASSROOM NET CHECK IN RICHARD-WB7OND FROM NC GETTING THE WORD:
NO HIGHWAY....N0HWY-TOM ......... CAME ALL THE WAY FROM MINNESOTA TO GET THE WORD TOO:
N0HWY IS A REGULAR CHECK IN ON THE CLASSROOM NET AND IT WAS SURE NICE TO MEET HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME.....
THAT PICTURE OF TOM WAS TAKEN IN FRONT OF OUR BOOTH WHICH WE WANT TO SHOW YOU:
AND AT A HAMFEST IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU KNOW...WE DID....LOOK WHO OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE RITE TURNED OUT TO BE:
THATS A REAL HRO CUSTOMER ON THE LEFT BUT ON THE RITE THATS MARK...KJ4VO (YOU SAW HIM FRIDAY NITE).....HEAD GUY AT HRO ATLANTA AND OUR HAMFEST NEIGHBOR
AND NOW MEET TRUE HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST HISTORY.....21 YEARS AGO IN 1986 WE HAD A STUDENT AT JHS 22 NAMED ROBERT....ROBERT WAS ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT JUST TOOK TO HAM RADIO AND THE EDUCOM PROGRAM....YOU HAVE READ ABOUT ROBERT HERE IN APPLE SLICES AND MORE RECENTLY YOU HAVE READ OF THE PASSING OF HIS GRANDMA ... IN 1986 ROBERT MET STEVE-N0SR ON THE 7.238 CLASSROOM NET THEY HIT IT OFF IMMEDIATELY....ROBERT WAS IN 8TH GRADE AT THE TIME...THEY PICKED UP AGAIN IN 1987 WHEN SCHOOL RESUMED...ROBERT NOW A 9TH GRADER.....THINGS ALL STARTED TO COME TOGETHER....THIS IS A LONG STORY WITH A LOT OF INTERESTING PARTS BUT WE WILL GET RITE TO THE POINT...OUR FIRST TRIP TO HUNTSVILLE WAS IN 1987...THANKS TO STEVE, THE HUNTSVILLE HAM CLUB AND THE DX CLUB....ROBERT, THE STUDENT, DID A FULL PROGRAM AT NASA SPACE CAMP IN HUNTSVILLE, LIVED WITH STEVE AND HIS FAMILY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 1987... AND I WENT TO HUNTSVILLE AND THE HAMFEST TO BRING ROBERT BACK...WE BOTH GOT TO SPEAK AT THE HAMFEST AND FROM WHAT I CAN FIGURE THIS WOULD MAKE ROBERT THE FIRST HUNTSVILLE YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR....SO MEET (L-R) ME, STEVE'S MOM AND STEVE-N0SR
SO READERS....THAT IS 20 YEARS OF HUNSTVILLE FOR THE "22 CREW" THIS YEAR....TRULY THIS IS A GREAT HAMFEST.. A GROWING HAMFEST......THEY CALL IT THE FRIENDLY HAMFEST...THEY GOT IT RIGHT!...MAKE PLANS NOW TO BE WITH US NEXT YEAR IN HUNTSVILLE....
LES-KB2GBK-
WILL RETURN SOON
THIS IS A KB2GBK UPDATE.....WE GOT 3 PHONE CALLS FROM LES THIS WEEK....MISSED ALL OF THEM.....BUT FROM WHAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND ALL IS WELL HE IS FINE...... AND WILL SOON RETURN TO THE NET....STANDBY!
B I R T H D A Y S
N O N E
WE HAVE NO BIRTHDAYS TO REPORT NOW THE 26TH THRU THE END OF THE MONTH.....DID WE MISS YOU???? PLEASE TELL US
3, 1 1 7
HUNTSVILLE WAS A HELP TO THE MANUAL EFFORT...YOU MIGHT BE EVEN MORE OF A HELP TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND SEND THE ONES YOU NO LONGER NEED.
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13
2008
CALL US TODAY...WE WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS AND ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.....MAKE PLANS TO BE WITH US...DONT MISS THIS TRULY MAJOR EVENT IN EDUCATION AND HAM RADIO.
I C O M DAY 2007
LIVE SIGN UPS:
NEW PLAYERS SIGNED UP AT THE HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST:
ON THE LEFT YOU ALREADY KNOW STEVE...IN THE MIDDLE YOU KNOW HIS MOM BUT ON THE RIGHT? THATS CHUCK LEWIS-N4NM... CHUCK IS THE GUY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING HUNTSVILLE HAPPEN THIS YEAR....HE IS #1 AT THIS HAMFEST....CHUCK GOT US THERE THIS YEAR AND HAS BEEN A "22 CREW" PAL FOREVER....NOW STEVE AND CHUCK ARE ALSO IC DAY PLAYERS.
MAIL SIGN UPS:
WE WANT TO WELCOME OLD FRIENDS AND NEW FRIENDS TO IC DAY FOR 2007....RICHARD-K8RBW, GEORGE-N6VNI, DALE-KB7UB & DAVID-W7DNO.
LIVE AND MAIL....THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING IC DAY 2007 AND SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE "22 CREW"!
761127 SKIP-K7OAH
761128 STU-WA4JUO
761129 CAL-W9JAN
7611130 DARRELL-W9DB
761131& 761132 JIM-NN7K
761133 ROGER-W8CNJ
761135 & 761136 WALTER-WA4LT
761137 BILL-KM4P
761138 & 761139 & 761140 & 761141 LOUIS-W4EYE
761142 GENE-WB5KVE
761143 TOM-K9GPC
761144 FERRIS-NB6T
761145/761146 GOERGE-NK8T
761147 RAY-K9RJO
761148/761149 DAVID-WB2DZH
761150/761151 GRANT-VE3GFM
761152 RAY-N8UY
761153 JOHN-WA5RHF
761154 TOM-N0HWY
761155 MIKE-WD4DUG
761156/761157 BILL-N8DSG
761158 DOYLE-WD4HXE
761159/761160 RICH-KI2X
761161 RICK-NY4DX
761162 PAUL-N2FOB
761163 PHIL-W1GEE
761164 LUCKY-K9LUK
761165 AUBREY-K8AGE
761166 BOB-K2GSL
761219 STEVE-N0SR
761220 CHUCK-N4NM
761215&761216&761217&761218 DALE-KB7UB
761214 DAVID-W7DNO
761212 & 761213 GEORGE-N6VNI
761211 RICHARD-K8RBW
THIS WEEKS SKED
AS OF THE MOMENT ALL CLASSROOM NETS WILL ORIGINATE FROM CREW HQ.....TUESDAY.....WE HAVE A TRIP LATE IN THE DAY...2PM...TO YONKERS NY.....THIS SHOULD TAKE A FEW HOURS AND PUT US ON THE "ROTTEN APPLES" TUESDAY EVENING...LOOK FOR THE CREWMOBILE FROM WESTCHESTER AND THE BRONX.
APPLE SLICES 35
NEXT WEEK
NEXT WEEK IS LABOR DAY....NEXT WEEK IS THE SHELBY HAMFEST....NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE NO APPLE SLICES....LOOK FOR A RETURN OF SLICES ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9 WITH ISSUE #36.
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