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 39 OF 2007-OUR 27TH YEAR
HUMOR IN 28
WE ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE END OF OUR 27TH YEAR HERE AT THE CORE OF THE BIG APPLE AND THE BEGINNING OF YEAR 28. TO THE HONOR ROLL, EQUIPMENT DONORS, IC DAY PLAYERS...THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THE "22 CREW" POSSIBLE...AND NOW A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO WB2GIN-PAUL... FOR YEARS PAUL HAS BEEN SUPPLYING THE HUMOR AT 2/3 TIME ON THE CLASSROOM NET...2008 IS SECURE...THE NEW CALANDAR ARRIVED DURING LAST WEEK...FOR ALL OF YOU THAT LOOK FORWARD TO "THE WB2GIN JOKE OF THE DAY" HAVE NO FEAR....HUMOR IS HERE:
L E G E N D S
DID YOU EVER NOTICE A SPECIAL TRAIT ALL LEGENDS HAVE? THEY ALL HAVE A SPECIAL NAME...EITHER A NICKNAME OR A OR SOME WORD OR WORDS THAT GOES ALONG WITH THEIR REAL NAME TO ID THEM...FOR EXAMPLE:
THE SULTAN OF SWAT- GEORGE HERMAN (BABE) RUTH
THE TEFLON DON- JOHN GOTTI
THE GOVERNATOR- ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
HEAR ANY ONE OF THE ABOVE ANY TIME ANY WHERE AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY OF WHOM IS SPOKEN...WELL HERE IN THE HAMMY RADIO WORLD WE DONT HAVE ALL THAT MANY LEGENDS...LETS FACE IT SOME CALLS ARE BETTER KNOWN THAN OTHERS BUT A CALL IS A CALL OF COURSE OF COURSE AND NO ONE CAN TALK TO A LEGENDARY CALL OF COURSE THAT IS OF COURSE UNLESS THE CALL IS THE FAMOUS
W R 2 L
LISTEN TO "THE CLASSROOM NET" OR TUNE INTO THE "ROTTEN APPLES" IN THE EVENING....WHEN BILL GETS ON AND STATIONS CALL HIM...NO ONE REFERS TO WR2L AS WR2L..NOPE NADA NOBODY...IT IS ALWAYS "THE REAL WR2L" AND SOME OF YOU MAY WONDER WHERE THIS HAMMY LEGEND EVER CAME FROM...AND HERE BOYZ AND GIRLS IS THE R E A L STORY....
ABOUT 20 OR SO YEARS AGO THE "22 CREWMOBILE" WAS ON A SATURDAY MORNING MISSION....WE STOPPED TO GET GAS AT THE LOCAL MOBIL AND UPON LEAVING WAS LISTENING TO THE STATEN ISLAND 146.88 MACHINE...NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION BUT OUT OF NOWHERE COMES WR2L LISTENING 88 YIKES WOW GOLLY BILL IS IN THE HOOD...BUT Y? DONT MAKE NO SENSE..Y HE HERE AND NOT WAY UP THERE AND Y HE NOT TELLL ME HE'S COMIN TO TOWN....SO I REPLY......"HEY BILL WR2L WB2JKJ WHATCHA DOIN HERE IN CIVILIZATION" OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT...NUTHIN..NO RESPONSE..TRY AGAIN...TRY AGAIN...NUTHIN NO RESPONSE...NOW EITHER HE IS MAD OR I AM NOT MAKING THE MACHINE....SO I PUT OUT A CALL...SURE NUFF 2 STATIONS COME BACK...."OH UR FULL QUIETTING" THE MYSTERY DEEPENS...WE ARE MAKING 88 BUT NO REPLY FROM WR2L...THIS WAS IN THE DAYS B4 CELL FONES SO THAT NIGHT UPON RETURN I CALLED HIM ON THE LAND LINE..."HEY BILL WERE U HERE TODAY?"
"HI JOE...NO WHY? WELL I HEARD YOU ON THE 146.88 REPEATER AND I CALLED YOU BUT YOU DID NOT COME BACK...OH JOE THAT WAS THE OTHER WR2L (TOTAL CONFUSION AT THIS POINT) SEE THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE USING MY CALL .. ON VHF HF SSB & CW FROM WHAT I HEAR HE IS A GOOD OPERATOR AND MUST BE BECAUSE I AM GETTING QSL CARDS FROM PEOPLE I NEVER SPOKE TO....
AND FROM THAT CONVERSATION ON, SO LONG AGO, WR2L WILL BE FOREVER CALLED:
THE REAL WR2L
NOW HAM RADIO LIKE ANY OTHER CULT HAS HOLY SITES...PEOPLE TRAVEL FROM ALL OVER TO VISIT THESE ICONS OF THE RELIGION...FOR EXAMPLE...ARRL HQ.....DAYTON HAMVENTION...."22 CREW" HQ AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
CERTAINLY IN THAT LIST IS THE HOME OF "THE REAL WR2L" WHERE THE PROOF IS ON THE WALL OF THE "OTHER" WR2L...
SURE ENUF THIS WEEK ONE OF OUR VERY OWN MIKEEE-W2HLD-"WITCHONE" TRAVELED ALL THE WAY FROM TEXAS MAKING THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHACK/HOME OF THE REAL WR2L:
ON ARRIVAL MIKEEE WAS GREETED AND ALLOWED TO ENTER AND SEE FOR HIMSELF THE "OTHER WALL"
YES FOLKS THAT IS JUST SOME OF THE QSL'S RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS THANKS TO THE IMPOSTER 2L NOW HANGING IN THE SHACK OF "THE REAL WR2L".
KNOWING THAT LESS THAN 5 PERCENT OF QSO'S RESULT IN A CARD IMAGINE HOW ACTIVE THE IMPOSTER HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS!
MIKEEE WENT ON TO TOUR THE SHACK AND CHAT WITH BILL BUT YOU KNOW MIKEEE HE ALWAYS WANTS TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD:
WE NOTE THAT WITH THE CRATE MIKEEE IS ONE (INCH) UP ON BILL....
WELL THE BOX WAS OK BUT MIKEEE IS NOT USED TO THE RAREIFIED AIR UP THERE ... INSIDE THEY WENT TO GATHER AROUND THE STATION AND CHAT:
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT KIDS...THE TRUE STORY OF "THE REAL WR2L" AND HOW HE EARNED HIS NAME!
B R I D A L
U P D A T E
REMEMBER THE KB2DLX WEDDING BACK IN JULY? JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT HERE IS A REMINDER...ITS THE BRIDE AND HER LOVELY SISTERS:
WELL IN CASE YOU HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHATS GOING ON WITH KB2DLX WE WANT TO REPORT MARRIED LIFE IS GOING JUST FINE...THE HAPPY COUPLE HAVE A HOME QTH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...BOTH BRIDE AND GROOM ARE BACK TO WORK....IF YOU CAN CALL IT THAT!!!! SEE LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON JESS CALLED DAD TO SAY HI AND ALSO TO RUB A LITTLE SALT IN THE OPEN WOUND...."HI DAD...BLAH BLAH BLAH...then GUESS WHERE I AM GOING NOW...WHERE SWEETIE? silence and then LAS VEGAS.....#$%^$%^&%^&*^&*(%^&*#$%^&* HMMMMMM HAVE A NICE TIME HON.....JEALOUSY IS A TERRIBLE THING...ANYWAY...YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) I GET ANOTHER CALL...OH IT IS SO NICE HERE...AND YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHO I MET WHEN WE LANDED LAST NIGHT:
SEEMS THAT JESS AND RUDY ARRIVED JUST ABOUT THE SAME TIME...AND ONE NEW YORKER CAN SPOT ANOTHER NEW YORKER ANYTIME ANYWHERE.....THEY HAD A NICE CHAT AND A FOTO OPPORTUNITY....WE DO NOT NEED TO ASK WHO SHE WILL BE VOTING FOR IN 08!
B I R T H D A Y S
>>>Little Fuzzy Rabitt<<<
OCTOBER 5....N4LFR...STAR OF THE KNOXVILLE TN HAMFEST AND MANY OTHERS...CAROL...IS YET ANOTHER YEAR OLDER...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUuuuuuuuuu!!!!
OCTOBER 6.......MY HERO....WD8KUF...BILL....HE JUST RETURNED FROM A 14,000 MILE TRIP...U READ THAT RITE...FOURTEEN THOUSAND MILES IN A CAR..HE & THE XYL DROVE FROM FLORIDA TO ALASKA AND BACK....ANYWAY...BILL CELEBRATES A DAY AFTER CAROL ON THE 6TH....HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUPERMAN!!!!!
VIBROPLEX-BENCHER
LOOK OUT!
COMING TO MARKET IN JUST A FEW WEEKS WILL BE THE:
D U G B U G
AND NOW A FEW WORDS FROM THE INVENTOR OF THE DUG BUG...OUR VERY OWN..."MAGIC MIKEEE" THE HANGER OF "APPLE SLICES" AND NOW FATHER OF THE "DUG BUG":
The sensors are Force Sensitive Resistors (FSR) that have infinite resistance with no applied pressure and linearly drop to 500 ohms with an applied force of 20lbs. The two blue trimpots allow adjustment of pressure sensitivity of the FSR’s to switch the transistors- this allows for adjustment of “fist.” No one has yet made a key with FSR’s- and this thing is killer!
The trade name will be “The DUG Bug,” after its inventor.
This morning, it was proven with an on-air QSO. It works beautifully! After I complete a production unit, I will give one to ARRL HQ Labs for evaluation.
It will be commercially available in a few weeks. I will probably set the price at $99 for the basic key, $150 with included memory keyer based on a PIC controller.
Discounts will be available to Rotten Apples and Classroom Net members, or maybe we’ll donate a percentage to Educom from sales to 22 Crew and Rotten Apples.
GOOD LUCK MIKEEE...AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL SEND US A COPY OF THE VERY FIRST MANUAL!
3, 1 6 1
YOU MAY READ THE ABOVE NUMBER EACH WEEK AND SAY TO YOURSELF: "MYSELF, HOW CAN I HELP THE MANUAL EFFORT?" HERE ARE A FEW POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
1. SEND US THE MANUALS YOU NO LONGER NEED OR WANT.
2. PASS THE WORD ABOUT OUR SITE IN ANY WAY YOU CAN..PUT IT IN THE CLUB NEWLETTER...TELL UR PALS....BE CREATIVE--THINK OF OTHER POSSIBILITIES.
THATS A START...NOW IF ALL OF YOU READING THIS DID THE ABOVE 2.. AT LEAST THOSE 2...THAT NUMBER IN THE HEADER SHOULD BE A LOT HIGHER NEXT WEEK.
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13
2008
WELL IF YOU JOIN US IN JULY I CANNOT PROMISE RUDY BUT I CAN PROMISE A WONDERFUL TIME AND A SUPERB LEARNING EXPERIENCE...
IT IS NOT TOO EARLY TO RESERVE A ROOM...CALL THE PLAZA NOW...Toll Free: (800) 634-6575
I C O M DAY 2007
THE LIST REMAINS THE SAME THIS WEEK...ARE YOU IN? IF NOT LETS GO....
REMEMBER YOU CAN USE PAY PAL TO SIGN UP IF YOU PREFER.
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
761167 RANDY-KB3IFH
GUESS THAT STATION
LAST WEEKS STATION WAS
N 8 U A
YES LAST WEEKS SUPER STATION BELONGED TO N8UA-JIM OF MICHIGAN....CONGRATS TO THE FOLLOWING WHO GOT IT RITE:
THE WINNER
#1 W4JAR-TOM
RUNNERS UP
#2 KG4MLO-RON
#3 N8DSG-BILL
THANK YOU ALL FOR PLAYING "GUESS THAT HAMMY STATION"..YES W4JAR-LITTLE TOMMY SUNSHINE ON THE NC MOUND TOOK FIRST PLACE...RAPIDLY FOLLOWED BY 1/2 OF THE TENNESSEE TWINS RON-KG4MLO AND THEN RITE BEHIND WAS "SKY COMMANDER" BILL-N8DSG
NOW FOR THIS WEEKS....
GUESS THIS HAMMY STATION
HINTS: YOU HEAR THIS STATION MOST EVERYDAY....SOMETIMES THE OWNER YOU NEED AN INTERPRETER TO UNDERSTAND....BUT HE DOES DO SOME PRETTY GOOD RELAYS EVEN IF HE DOES SIT IN BACK OF THE BACK ROW!
GUESSES???????? WRITE THEM IN OR CALL THEM IN NOW!
THIS WEEKS SKED
TUESDAY IS A POSSIBLE ROAD TRIP....ALSO SATURDAY THE 6TH FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT LIKE TO JOIN THE CREWMOBILE ON WEEKENDS.....OTHER THAN THAT EACH DAY WE SHOULD BE OPERATING FROM CREW HQ.
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