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 2008-OUR 28TH YEAR
HUNTSVILLE SPECIAL EDITON
ON THE ROAD TO
H U N T S V I L L E
2008
DOOR TO
DOOR...CREW HQ TO THE VON BRAUN CIVIC (VBC) CENTER IS 956 MILES. NOW
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT AND IT PROBABLY IS BUT NOT FOR US HAMMY'S. YOU SEE
ON A RIDE LIKE THIS WE GET TO TAKE ALL OUR BEST FRIENDS WITH US...VIA
RADIO. PLUS WE MAY GET TO SEE A FEW ALONG THE WAY IF THINGS WORK OUT JUST
RIGHT. PITY THE POOR CIVILIAN, THE NON-HAM TRAVELER STUCK WITH AM/FM CD'S
WHATEVER. WE DON'T CARE HOW MANY CD'S YOU HAVE OR HOW "SIRIUS" YOUR RADIO
IS....956 MILES OF MUSIC AND TALK AND COMMERCIALS IS A NITEMARISH
THOUGHT.
SO 4:37 AM THE
MORNING OF THURSDAY AUGUST 14 THE "22 CREWMOBILE" LEFT HQ AND HEADED SOUTH FOR
HUNTSVILLE WITH A STOP ON THE ROUTE IN GAITHERSBURG MD. THIS MD STOP ADDED
JUST 31 MILES TO THE TRIP MEANING THAT WHEN WE FINALLY ARRIVED AT VBC THE CLOCK
WOULD TELL US 987 MILES TOTAL.
WE TRIED TO
CHECK IN TO THE TRIPLE H NET ON 7.235 BUT SADLY THE NET WAS NOT READABLE
SO BACK TO 7.238. SOMEWHERE ON THE L.I.E. IN QUEENS COUNTY WE PICKED UP
CAL W9JAN A TRUE EARLY BIRD AND SEVERAL OTHERS. BY THE TIME WE GOT THRU
THE REST OF QUEENS THEN INTO BROOKLYN OVER THE "WILLIE B" (WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE)
AND ON TO DELANCY ST HEADED FOR THE HOLLAND TUNNEL THERE WERE PLENTY OF PRE
ROTTEN APPLE QSO'S.
JUST ABOUT AS
WE REACHED THE ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL TO JERSEY IT WAS 6AM AND TIME FOR WY5I TO
BEGIN THE "ROTTEN APPLES". DON STARTED RITE ON THE DOT OF 6 AND
WHEN WE GOT ON THE JERSEY SIDE HE TURNED IT OVER TO US...WHAT TIMING...SAID
HELLO TO THE "APPLES" GAVE IT BACK TO DON AND LISTENED FOR THE
HOUR.
65 OR SO MILES
LATER IT WAS TIME TO START THE CLASSROOM NET AT EXACTLY 7 AM.
CONDITIONS WERE GREAT .. WALTER-WA4LT WAS THERE ...WE MADE A FEW CONTACTS AND
ASKED WALT TO PICK IT UP TILL 1/3 TIME.
NOW REMEMBER
BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THE MD STOP THE ROUTE TAKES US DOWN THE JERSEY
PIKE OVER THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL BRIDGE THRU DELAWARE INTO
MARYLAND. DELAWARE IS A TINY STATE AND BASICALLY IF YOU BLINK A FEW TIMES
IT IS DONE.
AS WALTER GAVE
IT BACK TO US AT 7:30 WE HAD ALREADY CROSSED THE BRIDGE AND WAS PRETTY MUCH DONE
WITH DE.
LUCKILY THE
GREAT WY8I-JIM WAS ON DUTY TO BACK US UP AS TALKING IS ONE THING BUT TRYING TO
KEEP A GIANT NET GOING WHILE MOBILE IS SOMETHING ELSE.
JUST AS WE
APPROACHED THE DE/MD BORDER A MONSTER SIGNAL CAME ON S9+40 OR BETTER
AND WHO IS IT BUT:
K F 8 U Z
S K I
P
"CROSS INTO MD
GET OFF THE FIRST EXIT, GO INTO THE PILOT TRUCK STOP....JUST FOLLOW ALL THE
TRUCKS NOT THE CARS....LOOK FOR ME"
WY8I-JIM TO THE
RESCUE...HE PICKS UP THE NET AND WE HEAD FOR THE TRUCK STOP. NOT ONLY DID
WE FIND SKIP REAL EASILY, HE EVEN SAVED US A PARKING SPOT RIGHT NEXT TO
HIM!
BOYS AND GIRLS
THIS IS THE BIGGEST TRUCK YOU EVER SAW. SKIP IS MY HERO FROM NOW ON. LOOK
AT OUR PUNY VAN PARKED NEXT TO HIS TRUCK...NOW WE TRAVEL THE SAME ROADS IN THE
SAME TRAFFIC AND I COMPLAIN THE VAN IS SO BIG...SKIP'S RIDE DEFINES THE TERM "SO
BIG"!
WE REALLY
WANTED TO TAKE IT FOR A SPIN AROUND THE PARKING LOT BUT DECIDED THAT JUST
SITTING IN IT WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH:
AND ONCE YOU
GET IN THE THING...WHICH IS NOT EASY...YOU FIND THERE ARE ALL THE COMFORTS OF
"HOME"
GREAT VISIT
WITH LONG TIME CHECK IN KF8UZ BUT STILL HUNDREDS OF MILES TO GO TODAY SO TIME TO
GET BACK ON THE ROAD.
WY8I HAD
ALL RUNNING SMOOTHLY WHEN WE RETURNED AND FINISHED OUT THE NET ENDING
PROMPTLY AT 8:30 COMPLETNG YET ANOTHER EDITION OF THE CLASSROOM NET FROM THE
ROAD.
TOOK A BREAK
SAT BACK AND LISTENED TO THE "CASUAL COMMUNICATORS" AS THE "CREWMOBILE" ROARED
TOWARDS GAITHERSBURG AND THE FIRST STOP.
MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED IN MD NOW A DIRECT SHOT TO HUNTSVILLE. GOT IN RANGE OF
MORRISTOWN/KNOXVILLE TN AREA AROUND 5PM AND ON 7.238 WE HEAR HUGH AC4HY CALLING.
"LETS GO FOR DINNER AT THE CRACKER BARREL...GET OFF EXIT 8...WILL MEET YOU
IN THE PARKING LOT".
HUGH DID NOT
HAVE TO REPEAT THAT..."PERFECT SEE YOU THERE!" ....AND WE
DID!!!:
AC4HY ARRIVING
HERE IS AC4HY
SAYING HELLO TO THE "APPLE SLICES" READERSHIP:
WITH THE BEST
PART YET TO COME:
NOTE THE
SUNSHINE IS STILL BRITE SO WITH 256 MILES YET TO GO IT WAS NOW TIME TO MAKE A
DIRECT RUN TO HUNTVILLE...AND ARRIVED AT THE HOLIDAY INN
DIRECTLY ACROSS
THE STREET FROM THE VBC:
WITH EXACTLY
986 MILES ON THE TRIP SPEEDO JUST AS OUR NEW GPS TOLD US IT WOULD BE.
OK 986 MILES
YOU DO GET TIRED NOT TO MENTION THE SIDE STOPS WITH SKIP AND OUR MISSION IN
MARYLAND AND HUGH BUT UPON ENTERING THE HOLIDAY INN WE WOKE RITE UP AS THE
WELCOMING COMMITTEE WAS THERE TO GREET US:
TWO REPS OF THE
"HAYLARC" (HUNTSVILLE AREA YOUNG LADIES AMATEUR RADIO CLUB) WERE THERE TO
WELCOME US BACK TO HUNTSVILLE AND THE HAMFEST!
THE 14TH REALLY
WAS A "THUNDERING THURSDAY" BUT "FABULOUS FRIDAY" WAS JUST HOURS
AWAY!
NOW HUNTSVILLE
IS A TWO DAY HAMFEST: SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SO FRIDAY IS SETUP
DAY.
FRIDAY
THE 15TH
SETTING UP THE
"22 CREW" BOOTH IS FUN BUT IT IS NOT EASY. EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS WE
KNOW THERE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND IT ALL HAS TO GO IN ITS PLACE SO THE
JOB CAN TAKE MOST OF THE DAY.
HAVING GOOD
NEIGHBORS IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST AT HOME BUT AT HAMFESTS ALSO AND WHO BETTER TO
HAVE AS AN ADJOINING NEIGHBOR THAN OUR FRIENDS FROM ICOM:
YEP THE BACK OF
THE ICOM BOOTH WAS OUR RIGHT SIDE AND WE MADE SURE THAT EVERYONE VISITING ICOM
KNEW THE "22 CREW" WAS THERE TOO.
SO AFTER A FULL
DAY OF UNPACKING SETTING UP AND RE-SETTING UP THE "CREW" BOOTH, WE THINK, NEVER
LOOKED BETTER....NOW ALL READY FOR THE OPENING BELL ON SATURDAY
MORNING:
WITH THE SET-UP
OVER IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK ACROSS THE STREET TO THE HOLIDAY INN AND ENJOY
FRIDAY NIGHT...
NOTHING LIKE A
HAMFEST FOR GETTING BACK TOGETHER AND SPENDING TIME WITH OLD FRIENDS AND NOT
THAT HE IS OLD BUT JUST THAT HE HAS BEEN A FRIEND FOR SO MANY YEARS BILL
PASTERNAK WA6ITF PRODUCER OF "NEWSLINE" AND I SPENT HOURS TALKING ABOUT THE OLD
DAYS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE NEW ONE'S TO COME:
BILL FLEW FROM
LAX BUT WITH ALL THE AIRLINE CUTBACKS GETTING A FLIGHT FROM CA TO HUNTSVILLE IS
NOT AS EASY AS IT USED TO BE PLUS IT IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. GETTING TO
BIRMINGHAM AND DRIVING OVER IS REALLY THE WAY TO GO AND THATS JUST WHAT BILL
DID..SOUTHWEST AIR TO BIRMINGHAM AND ONE OF OUR "22 CREW CLASSROOM NET"
CHECKINS...DON- WAS ABLE TO PICK HIM UP AND BRING'M OVER TO
HUNTSVILLE.
NOW BILL OVER
THE LAST 30 + YEARS WE HAVE MET MANY TIMES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT DON,
EVEN THO A CHECK IN IT WAS THE FIRST TIME MEETING HIM. DON IS A DEDICATED
HAM. HOW DEDICATED? YOU ASK...TAKE A LOOK:
IF YOU ARE
GOING TO GET A TATTOO......THATS REALLY THE HAMMY WAY TO
GO!
FRIDAY NIGHT
WITH BILL AND DON WAS GREAT BUT 9AM SATURDAY IS COMING UP REAL
QUICK....
SATURDAY THE 16TH
THE GATES
OPENED 9AM SHARP...OK WE GOT THERE A FEW MINUTES LATE BUT THATS OK AS THE BOOTH
WAS GOOD TO GO AND ALREADY WE HAD LOOKERS:
AND NOT ONLY
LOOKERS BUT A FIRST VISITOR...SAY HELLO TO PAUL-W4JY
YOU CAN HEAR
PAUL MOST MORNING ON THE CLASSROOM NET WITH A BOOMING SIGNAL OUT OF TRUSSVILLE
AL.
NEXT THE GUY I
DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD OF DONE WITHOUT HIM... A STAR MEMBER OF "TEAM 22 CREW"
HUNTSVILLE AND ALSO YOU CAN CATCH HIM WITH US IN ORLANDO. TRULY A HAMFEST
VETERAN AND ALSO THE FELLA IN THE MYSTERY PICTURE IN LAST "APPLE SLICES" NONE
OTHER THAN " DUMB & DUMBER":
N 2 D A
D
THATS THE ONE
AND ONLY N2DAD-TOM....WATCH FOR MORE PICTURES OF HIM IN FUTURE APPLE SLICES AS
HE REPORTS HE JUST PURCHASED THE ULTIMATE "MID LIFE CRISIS" MOBILE. YOU
WILL SEE THIS NEW RIDE F I R S T HERE IN "APPLE
SLICES".
THANKS TO
TOM-N2DAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE BOOTH AND WALK AROUND A LITTLE.
THIS IS A GREAT THING AS IMAGINE BEING TIED TO A SPOT YOU CAN'T LEAVE FOR 9
HOURS OR SO. IN OUR WALKING TOUR WE GOT TO SEE:
K J 4
V O
IF YOU NEED
ANYTHING HAMMY RELATED MAKE SURE TO CALL MARK-KJ4VO AT HRO IN ATLANTA....
LAST. TELL HIM YOU ARE A FRIEND/MEMBER OF THE "22 CREW. YOU
WILL BE HAPPY(IER)!
NEED A PAL AT
YAESU...JERRY-N6UME IS A REALLY GOOD GUY AND "22 CREW" PAL FOREVER...GOOD TO SEE
YOU JERRY AND HOW COME YOU KEEP LOOKING YOUNGER?:
AS MOST OF YOU
KNOW THE "22 CREW" TRIES ITS BEST TO BE ADVERTISED EVERYWHERE. OVER 28
YEARS OF THE "22 CREW" THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW! HELPING TO
FIGHT THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY ARE GOOD FRIENDS LIKE W9CW-DON ALLEN OF CQ
MAGAZINE:
DON IS THE
ADVERTISING MANAGER AT CQ AND HE IS THE TRULY BEST PAL THE "CREW" COULD EVER ASK
FOR IN THE INDUSTRY. DO YOU GET "CQ"? NO... OK.... GIVE DON A CALL
AND TELL HIM WE SENT YOU.
AS YOU SAW
EARLIER ICOM WAS OUR NEIGHBOR AND A BETTER NEIGHBOR YOU COULD NOT ASK FOR
...HERE ONE OF THEIR REPS HELP US IN GETTING THE WORD OUT ON "22 CREW" ICOM
DAY 2008:
THATS A 706 IN
THE BACKGROUND...JUST LIKE THE ONE YOU COULD WIN...SEND IN YOUR ENTRY
NOW!
BACK TO THE
BOOTH TO RELIEVE N2DAD AND WAITING FOR US WAS DICK-WB7OND A PROUD OWNER/WEARER
OF THE "22 CREW" BUCKET HAT...DICK SAYS HE NEVER LEAVES HOME WITHOUT IT AND
MAKES SURE TO WEAR IT AT EVERY HAMFEST:
OH AND WE DID
MANAGE TO SEE AN OL PAL FROM THE OL NEIGHBORHOOD BILL-NC1L WHO WILL GLADLY CHECK
YOUR DXCC CARDS...TELL HIM WE SENT YOU MAYBE HE WONT LOOK THAT
CLOSE:
BACK AT THE
TABLE....THE NUMERO UNO LOUD SOUTHERN SIGNAL...ALWAYS 5/9+ AND HERE EVEN
LOUDER...
K G 4
U V U....and XYL
PAUL-KG4UVU WAS
THERE WITH HIS LOVELY XYL AND WE TOLD HIM HE BETTER BE IN ORLANDO...WITH THE
XYL!
ONE OF OUR
REGULAR ALABAMA "CLASSROOM NET" CHECKINS WAS THERE AND HERE HE IS ... NONE OTHER
THAN WIL (WITH ONE L)
A I 4 Q
T
SPEAKING OF
ALABAMA...HE FOUND US THIS YEAR:
K I 4
E W I
YES SOMEHOW
BILL-KI4EWI MISSED US LAST YEAR BUT IN 2008 HE MADE UP FOR
IT!
NOW YOU MAY
REMEMBER HIM FROM YAESU BUT HE IS WEARING A NEW HAT AND IT IS
CALLED HEIL CHIP-K7JA NOW
OF HEIL SOUND STOPPED BY TO CHAT:
CHIP WAS A PAL
OF THE "22 CREW" FOR MANY YEARS OF YAESU AND IS CONTINUING THE HELP WHILE NOW AT
HEIL.
HAVE YOU SEEN
OUR VIDEO.....W1TV IS IN IT. W1TV IS DICK CURTIS....NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED BROADCASTER AND STAR OF LOCAL HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA TV NEWS. LONG
AGO DICK CAME TO "22 CREW" HQ...AND HERE HE IS NOT A BIT DIFFERENT THAN 20 OR SO
YEARS AGO:
DICK WAS THERE
IN THE EARLY DAYS WHEN THE "22 CREW" FIRST CAME TO HUNTSVILLE AROUND 1985 AND WE
HAVE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.
BACK IN 85 IT
WAS STEVE-WA4QXH THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING ONE OF OUR STUDENTS TO HIS
HOME FOR A MONTH THEN WINDING IT ALL UP WITH AN APPEARANCE AT THE HUNTSVILLE
HAMFEST AFTER OUR STUDENT ROBERT SILVA GOT
THE FULL TREATMENT IN NASA SPACECAMP. THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF STEVE AND THE
BACKING OF THE HUNTSVILLE CLUB AND THE HUNTSVILLE DX CLUB. YOU HAVE SEEN
ROBERT IN PAST ISSUES OF "APPLE SLICES".
WELL STEVE IS
NOW N0SR, NO LONGER WA4QXH, AND STILL AS EVER A "22 CREW" MEMBER AND
SUPPORTER:
COMING AND
GOING STEVE IS WITH US!
FOREVER YOU
HAVE HEARD US SAY: "IF THERE IS ONE HAMFEST ON THIS PLANET YOU HAVE TO
ATTEND IT IS HUNTSVILLE. WE HAVE BEEN TO ALL OF THEM...FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH...EAST TO WEST...ALL TO THEM ARE GOOD.......BUT HUNTSVILLE IS GREAT!
PERIOD! TRULY IF GOD CAME DOWN AND SAID PICK A HAMFEST THIS IS
IT....HUNTSVILLE IS THE ONE TO CHOOSE.
IT COULD NOT
BE: EASIER ACCESS, BEST FOOD, PERFECTLY RUN, MOST INEXPENSIVE, AND EVERYTHING
YOU WANT TO SEE....IT IS ALL HERE!!! IN AN AIR CONDITIONED/CLEAN/SAFE/
PERFECT ENVIRONMENT. THERE IS NOTHING TO BE DESIRED ... THEY GOT IT ALL
DOWN TO A SCIENCE...THIS HAMFEST RUNS WITHOUT DRAMA....IT IS IN EVERY REGARD THE
PERFECT HAMFEST.
MAKE SURE YOU
ARE WITH "TEAM 22 CREW" HUNTSVILLE 2009....OH AND YOU MAY ASK..WHO IS THE GUY AT
THE TOP...WHO ORCHESTRATES THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT....WHO IS SITTING HOME RIGHT
NOW WORKING ON 2009 TO MAKE IT AN EVEN BETTER SUCCESS THAN O8....HERE HE
IS...N4OKL-CHARLIE EMERSON IN CHARGE OF THE DEALER SHOW AND MAKING OUR
LIFE AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT EXHIBITS A TRUE PLEASURE:
ME & N 4 O K
L
NOW CHARLIE IS
THE GUY TO TALK TO IF YOU ARE AN EXHIBITOR...BUT HOW ABOUT AS A FORUM
PRESENTER. REMEMBER WE WEAR 2 HATS AT HUNTVILLE. WE SHOW THE EDUCOM
PROGRAM BUT WE ALSO DO THE EDUCOM FORUM.
THIS YEAR THE
FORUM HIT THE JACKPOT AND ALL THANKS TO OUR PAL IN CHARGE OF FORUMS ... CHUCK
LEWIS N4NM.
CHUCK IS A LONG
TIME FRIEND OF THE "22 CREW" AND ALSO A LONG TIME HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST FORUM
COODINATOR. THIS YEAR WE WERE SCHECULED TO DO THE 1-2PM SLOT ON
SUNDAY.
IT WAS
PERFECT. THE TIME WAS GREAT AND THE CROWD WAS THE BEST. WE ARE
SIMPLY THRILLED TO REPORT THAT FROM THIS FORUM THE "22 CREW" HAS ATTRACTED
ANOTHER SCHOOL.
THIS IS WHY WE
GO 980 + MILES THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT...BRINGING HAM RADIO TO
EDUCATION VIA THE EDUCOM PROGRAM.
WE ARE SO HAPPY
TO REPORT THAT DUE TO THIS FORUM DANA-KD4ESC OF CULLMAN ALABAMA WILL BE BRINGING
HAM RADIO TO HIS LOCAL SCHOOL AS A TEACHING TOOL -EDUCOM-........YES THANKS TO
OUR APPEARANCE IN HUNTSVILLE WE HAVE ATTRACTED ANOTHER
SCHOOL.
WATCH APPLE
SLICES FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS STORY.
MEANTIME....CHUCK-N4NM THANK YOU FOR AGAIN INVITING US TO DO
AN EDUCOM FORUM ... IT CERTAINLY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES AND
EDUCATION OF MANY ALABAMA STUDENTS.
N4NM-CHUCK DANA-KD4ESC
SUMMING IT
UP:
WE WANT YOU
IN:
ORLANDO
CHARLOTTE
DAYTON
BUT IF YOU HAVE
TO PICK ONE AND TRULY THEY ARE ALL REALLY GREAT... IF YOU WANT THE
BEST SEE YOU IN HUNTSVILLE 2009!
APPLE
SLICES RETURNS IN TWO WEEKS
WHAT YOU HAVE
JUST READ IS "APPLE SLICES 34" THERE WILL BE NO #35 AS NEXT WEEK IS THE
LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
APPLE SLICES
WILL RETURN IN TWO WEEKS WITH #36 AND THE REGULAR FORMAT.
BIRTHDAYS WE
WILL MAKE THEM UP.
DO YOU
QSL? IS YOUR XYL COMING TO ORLANDO? ENGLAND EDUCOM UPDATES.
ICOM DAY & HAMRADIOMANUALS.COM UPDATES LOTS MORE. IT WILL ALL BE
IN #36. HAVE A WONDERFUL RESTFUL AND HAPPY LABOR
DAY.
OH.......ONE
MORE THING...THE NET GOES ON...... 7.238 MHz 7AM M-F HOLIDAYS
DONT COUNT!
THIS WEEKS
SKED
"CLASSROOM NET" DAILY FROM CREW HQ!
DING
DONG