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
 
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CLASSROOM NET 7.238 MHz 7AM M-F
 
 
WEEK 50 OF 2007-OUR 27TH YEAR 
 
 
WA4
Just
Usually
On
J   U  O
#1 UNDER THE TREE
 
SINCE 1986...OR PROBABLY BEFORE...AS WE STARTED KEEPING OUR COMPUTER LOG IN 86....STU-WA4JUO..HAS BEEN A "22 CREW" CLUB HONOR ROLL MEMBER...IN ADDITION TO THE HONOR ROLL AT CHRISTMAS HE SENDS IN A PACKAGE...THAT PACKAGE IS A 5 POUND BAG OF PEANUTS...IN THE SHELLS.....WELL THE NUTS ARRIVED AND LASTED ABOUT JUST LONG ENOUGH TO PUT THEM UNDER THE TREE AND GET THE ABOVE PICTURE....THE NUTS ARE A FAVORITE OF EVERY YOUNGSTER...and oldster...THAT COMES THRU "22 CREW" HQ...WE DO NOT ALLOW THEM INSIDE...IMAGINE 5 POUNDS OF PEANUT SHELLS ALL OVER THE PLACE...SO KIDS EAT'M OUTSIDE THE SHACK...THE MICE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SHELLS AND "NEMO" THE CAT THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR IS REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE MICE....SO STU...FROM ALL OF US ... THANK YOU!
 
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WE HEAR FROM FRIENDS THAT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER HAVE GONE MIA..BUT AS WE LIKE TO SAY ON THE NET...THEY ALL COME BACK...OR TO BORROW A LINE FROM WEST SIDE STORY & MODIFY IT A LITTLE ....ONCE UR A "22 CREW CHECKIN" UR "22" ALL THE WAY FROM YOUR FIRST MORNING CHECKIN---TILL THE ANTENNA FALLS DOWN!  PLUS MANY OF YOU ASK ABOUT THIS ONE AND THAT ONE...FROM TIME TO TIME AS THE SITUATION ARISES WE WILL BRING YOU NEWS OF OLD PALS:
 
MARK-K2CON,  SAYS HELLO TO EVERYONE...MARK IS DOING JUST GREAT BUT CANNOT GET ON HF...ANTENNAS ON HIS BUILDING NO LONGER ALLOWED AND NO WAY TO EVEN GET A WHIP OUT THE WINDOW...HE IS HOWEVER STILL ACTIVE ON VHF AND RUNS THE QCWA NET ON 146.91-THE YONKERS REPEATER-....MARK HAS A LONG HISTORY IN HAM RADIO...HE WORKED ON THE FABLED CORTLAND ST, KNOWN AS "RADIO ROW",  IN HARRISON RADIO LONG BEFORE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER THEN WHEN THE WTC WAS BUILT AND CORTLAND STREET DISAPPEARED HE MOVED TO THE HARRISON ON LONG ISLAND...
 
PETE-WB2JIB, CALLED IN THIS WEEK ON THE HOTLINE FROM NEW BERN NC....HE IS OK BUT ALL HIS HF ANTENNAS ARE DOWN AND DOES NOT THINK THEY WILL BE GOING UP ANYTIME SOON..WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND VISIT HIM IN MARCH AND COMBINE THE TRIP WITH THE CHARLOTTE HAMFEST...IN THE MEANTIME PETE & XYL MAUREEN WANT TO BE REMEMBERED TO ALL THEIR MANY "22 CREW" PALS.
 
DICK-VE3WII, AFTER A LONG VACATION HAS RETURNED TO THE NET...HE WAS ON MOST OF LAST WEEK AND WE ARE SURE GLAD TO HAVE HIM AND HIS BOOMING SIGNAL BACK FROM CANADA.
 
KT5Y-MARIA,  BACK IN THE EARLY 1980'S WE WERE OPERATING ON 21.395 AND MET A YL...THE CHILDREN WERE THRILLED...I WAS THRILLED...EVERYONE WAS THRILLED...NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY...MARIA LIVED IN MISSOURI...WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING SHE WENT TO SCHOOL AND WORKED AS A REPAIRER OF PIN BALL MACHINES... WITH HER GRANDFATHER....NO KIDDING..THIS IS ALL FOR REAL...WELL TALKING TO HER DAILY ON 21.395 THE STUDENT'S LEARNED HER DREAM WAS TO BECOME A DOCTOR..NOW ALMOST 30 YEARS LATER.. SHE PLAYS PINBALL AND REPAIRS PEOPLE...MARIA IS A DOCTOR!.....WE GOT A CHRITMAS CARD FROM HER AND HAD TO SHARE THIS TRUE "22 CREW" STORY AND NOW A PICTURE OF MARIA AND HER NEWEST DOG "BOOMER"
MARIA-KT5Y HOLDING THE LEASH AND "BOOMER" GETTING BLESSED AT THE FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS DAY WEEKEND AT TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURH IN KIRKSVILLE MO BY FR. CALDWELL
 
STILL MISSING
K8WAY-KEN
KB2GBK-LES
ANYONE HAVING ANY UPDATES ON THE ABOVE TWO PLEASE LET US KNOW
 
YES...IT IS STILL THERE
LISTEN TO US
 
YES..OUR INTERVIEW CONTINUES...GO TO THE ABOVE SITE AND LOOK IN THE UPPER RITE HAND CORNER AND CLIK....DUN IT ALREADY?  SO DO IT AGAIN!  AND THIS TIME TELL ANOTHER HAMMY!
 
 
 B I R T H D A Y S
 DECEMBER 16-22
WE GOT ONE!
DECEMBER 20----HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
FRANK-KB2VYZ
FRANK/VYZ HAS BEEN WITH THE "CREW" IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER FOR YEARS AND YEARS....HE IS A SUPPORTER OF EDUCOM AND A WONDERFUL PAL AND FRANK WE WISH YOU THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER...
 
 
 
3, 3 7 2
WOW WHAT A GREAT WEEK FOR MANUALS....YET AGAIN THE COUNT GOES UP AND THIS TIME THANKS TO AN OL PAL THAT HAS HELPED THE EFFORT IN THE PAST AND THIS WEEK CAME THRU AGAIN WITH:
THE INCREDIBLE BOX YOU SEE ABOVE...
AND WHO IS THAT UNSEEN HAMRADIOMANUALS HERO...NONE OTHER THAN:
BILL-WB1GKG
 
SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THE MANUAL EFFORT STARTED BILL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CONTRIBUTORS ... WE ACTUALLY WERE IN MAINE AND HE BROUGHT THE BOX TO US....IN YEARS TO COME HE HAS SHIPPED HUGE BOXES OF MANUALS AND NOW JUST IN TIME FOR THE NEW YEAR ANOTHER BOX....BILL FROM ALL OF US TO YOU AND ELIZABETH MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
 
 
 
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13 
2008
LAS VEGAS
Luxor Resort and Hotel Pictures, Las Vegas, NV
 
JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THE MEETING YOU CAN EVEN ENJOY THE WONDERS OF EGYPT AT THE LUXOR HOTEL....INTERESTED IN BRINGING HAM RADIO TO YOUR CLASSROOM?  INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING?  INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LOT AND HAVING A GREAT TIME DOING IT?
 
...DO NOT MISS THIS...CALL THE PLAZA HOTEL
Toll Free: (800) 634-6575
AND BE A PART OF THE EDUCOM EFFORT!
 
 
 I C O M  DAY 2007
        
WE GOT 2 NEW PLAYERS THIS WEEK AND THEY ARE:

P A U L - K S 2 S

R A L P H - K 2P F

 

PAUL-KS2S IS BRAND NEW TO ICOM DAY...WE WELCOME HIM AND WISH HIM GOOD LUCK AND WANT TO REMIND HIM THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS..ITS A GOOD CAUSE AND THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR...THANK YOU PAUL AND AGAIN WELCOME...

 

RALPH-K2PF   OK NOW PAY ATTENTION....THIS IS A REALLY GOOD STORY....FOR AS MANY YEARS AS WE CAN REMEMBER RALPH-K2PF HAS BEEN #1 ON THE LIST OF PLAYERS...FOR YOU LONG TERM IC DAY PLAYERS DIG OUT THE LISTS FROM YEARS GONE BY...YOU WILL SEE WE ARE RITE...K2PF IS ALWAYS #1...IN SOME YEARS HE BOUGHT HIS TICKETS BEFORE THE FLYER ACTUALLY CAME OUT....THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT...A LOT DIFFERENT...THIS YEAR K2PF IS

L   A   S   T

YES BOYS AND GIRLS ICOM DAY IS DONE...AND THE VERY LAST ENVELOPE WE OPENED YESTERDAY AFTER GETTING THE MAIL AT POB 1052 WAS FROM RALPH-K2PF....NOW IS THEIR A PLOT HERE...SINCE HE NEVER WON AS #1 DOES HE THINK THE END IS BETTER...WELL WE WONT KNOW TILL FRIDAY AS

IC DAY IS CLOSED

UNTIL 2008 AND THE NEW ROUND BEGINS...YES THE LIST AS YOU SEE IT IS COMPLETE AND CLOSED...GOOD LUCK TO ONE AND ALL AND STANDBY THE PHONE ON FRIDAY ... IF IT DOES NOT RING MAKE SURE TO READ "APPLE SLICES" NEXT WEEK FOR RESULTS...GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU TO ALL.

                                   

761127-SKIP-K7OAH

761128-STU-WA4JUO

761129-CAL-W9JAN

7611130-DARRELL-W9DB

761131&761132- JIM-NN7K

761133-ROGER-W8CNJ

761178-HUGH-AC4HY

761179-VINCE-N6OA

761180-BILL-WB2ODD

761135&761136- WALTER-WA4LT

761137-BILL-KM4P

761138&761139&761140&761141-LOUIS-W4EYE

761142-GENE-WB5KVE

761143-TOM-K9GPC

761144-FERRIS-NB6T

761145/761146-GEORGE-NK8T

761147-RAY-K9RJO

761148/761149DAVID-WB2DZH

761150/761151-GRANT-VE3GFM

761152RAY-N8UY

761153JOHN-WA5RHF

761154TOM-N0HWY

761155MIKE-WD4DUG

761156/761157-BILL-N8DSG

761158DOYLE-WD4HXE

761159/761160-RICH-KI2X

761161RICK-NY4DX

761162PAUL-N2FOB

761163 PHIL-W1GEE

761164LUCKY-K9LUK

761165AUBREY-K8AGE

761166 BOB-K2GSL

761219STEVE-N0SR

761220CHUCK-N4NM

761215&761216&761217&761218-DALE-KB7UB

761214DAVID-W7DNO

761212&761213-GEORGE-N6VNI

761211-RICHARD-K8RBW

761167-RANDY-KB3IFH

761169&761170-ROLAND-W4MUR

761171-DAVE-KB9ZMF

761172-REV. FRANCIS-W5FAR

761173-TONY-W4AZQ

761174-BOYD-W0BUW

761175&76176-RICHIE-WA2RQY

761177-JIM-AA0XJ

761178-HUGH-AC4HY

761179-VINCE-N6OA

761180-BILL-WB2ODD

761181-JOSE-KB2IKJ

761182 & 761183-JOHN-KB4IZP

761184-PAUL-KS2S

761185&761186&761187&761188-K2PF-RALPH

 

ON FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE A WINNER...THE LUCKY PLAYERS NAME & CALL WILL BE ADDED TO THE WINNERS BOX ON THE FLYER AND THE NEW 2008 FLYER WILL BE PRINTED:

 
SOMEONE GUESSED THIS HAMMY STATION
 
TRUTHFULLY...DO YOU THINK ANYONE REALLY LIVES HERE OR IS THIS SETUP FOR A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE...OR BETTER YET A ROOM IN RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT...WELL THE ANSWER IS YES...SOMEONE DOES OPERATE HERE...
 
THIS ONE GOT TONS OF GUESSES...WALTER-WA4LT  GUESSED 3 TIMES AND WAS WRONG EACH TIME....
 
BUT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A WINNER....HOW HE DID IT I DONT KNOW...DID HE VISIT ... I DONT KNOW...BUT THE WINNER OF "GUESS THAT HAMMY STATION" THIS WEEK IS....TAH DAH....
 
KI2X-RICH
 
YES BOYS AND GIRLS RICH-KI2X WROTE IN AND SAID TOTALLY STRAIGHT TO THE POINT THAT THE SECRET HAMMY STATION BELONGS TO:
 
 
W  2  H  L  D
"WITCHONE"
RICH-KI2X CONGRATULATIONS FOR SURE YOU ARE A WINNER AND MIKEEE...WELL...DUNNO WHAT TO SAY BUT AFTER TALKING TO MY SENIOR ADVISOR WA4LT..WE HAVE DECIDED YOU SUFFER FROM A CONDITION THAT STARTS WITH AN    A     AND ENDS WITH AN     L    AND THERE ARE 2 LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE....WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU SOME USED JUO PEANUT SHELLS TO SCATTER AROUND AND GET U IN THE SPIRIT SO TO SPEAK.
 
NOW FOR THIS WEEK....WE DO NOT HAVE A STATION...WE HAVE PEOPLE....WE HAVE A HAM RADIO COUPLE...YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS COUPLE IN PREVIOUS ISSUES OF "APPLE SLICES"...WE HAVE MET THEM HERE IN NYC AND IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT BUT WE WONT SAY WHERE THAT IS....BOTH ARE LONG TERM "22 CREW" MEMBERS AND PALS...WE WILL REVEAL THAT THE YL HAS NOT CHANGED AT ALL...BUT THE OM  hmmmmmmmm.....THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME GOOD GUESSES OR SOMEONE WITH INSIDE INFO...TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT AND GUESS THIS WEEKS:
S E C R E T   H A M M I E S
 
REMEMBER...THE ABOVE PICTURE IS "BEFORE"... TAKE A GUESS...NEXT WEEK WE WILL BRING YOU "AFTER"
 
 
AND FOR NEXT WEEK.....SEND IN YOUR PICTURES NOW...
 
NEED A TAX DEDUCTION FOR 2007? (there is still time-BUT VERY LITTLE)
TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE ROOM YOU ARE PROBABLY SITTING IN RIGHT NOW...WHAT HAVE'NT YOU USED IN A WHILE?  WHAT WOULD BE BETTER OFF HERE THAN THERE?  ASIDE FROM A TAX DEDUCTION YOUR DONATION WILL BE BENEFITTING A VERY GOOD CAUSE...WE WILL COME AND GET IT OR ARRANGE PICKUP...YOU DO NOTHING BUT SAY THE WORD...GET THE DEDUCTION AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GREATLY HELPED MANY CHILDREN...LET US KNOW TODAY!
 
THIS WEEKS SKED
TUESDAY THE 18TH...WE ARE ON A MISSION TO BRYN MAWR PA...TO SEE A VERY DEAR OL HAMMY PAL...AS IT STANDS NOW WE WILL BE IN THE "22 CREW" CAR NOT "22 CREWMOBILE"  REASON FOR THIS IS CAR GETS 30 MPG WHILE "CREWMOBILE" IS 10-12...DO THE MATH!!!!  THAT MEANS WALTER-WA4LT WILL DO THE FIRST THIRD AND JIM-WY8I WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE REST...THIS IS NOT FOR SURE YET BUT AS OF THIS WRITING TUESDAY IS LOOKING THAT WAY.
 
THURSDAY THE 20TH...TO OUR MUSLIM STUDENT'S AND FRIENDS WE CELEBRATE EID AL ADHA...the Festival of Sacrifice
 
FRIDAY THE 21ST......WE ALL CELEBRATE ICOM DAY...!!!
 
DING DONG

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