IN JUST ANOTHER DAY AND A FEW HOURS THE "22 CREW" CONCLUDES YEAR 27 AND STARTS 28.
LAST MONDAY NIGHT WE CELEBRATED OUR BIRTHDAY IN MANHATTAN AT A WONDERFUL RUSSIAN PLACE CALLED FIREBIRD http://www.firebirdrestaurant.com/html/index.htm ...ON THE WAY BACK WE GOT STOPPED AT A LITE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF 630 FIFTH AVENUE AND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ST. PATRICK'S:
THATS ATLAS CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON HIS SHOULDERS...AS THE STORY GOES ATLAS DEFIED ZEUS AND WOUND UP WITH THE ABOVE JOB.
ATLAS MADE US REFLECT ON THE LAST 27 YEARS...FOR 27 YEARS THE "22 CREW" HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF HAM RADIO AND EDUCATION...NO ONE...NOT EVEN THE ARRL HAS BEEN AT IT THIS LONG AND THIS INTENTLY AND THIS SUCCESSFULLY...TRULY, LIKE ATLAS, WE HAVE CARRIED THE WEIGHT OF BRINGING HAM RADIO TO SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE FOR ALL THESE YEARS..AND WE HAVE TO TELL YOU IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL...
THE FIRST GENERATION "22 CREW" TEE SHIRT CAME OUT AROUND 1981 AND ALL WERE SO PROUD..SADLY NO ONE THOUGHT TO GET XXL AT THE TIME AND DANNY ON THE RIGHT HAD TO WAIT A WEEK BUT HE STILL WANTED TO BE IN THE PICTURE.
IN THE EARLY 80'S NYC SCHOOLS WERE A LOT DIFFERENT...YOU COULD DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS....THE YOUND LADY'S NAME IS FRANCIS AND THAT MAY LOOK LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE TO YOU AND IT IS BUT IT IS ALSO A 40M ANTENNA...THERE IS A WIRE ANTENNA BUILT INTO IT AND FOR THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS THE 7.238 CLASSROOM NET USED THE TREE TO OPERATE
THE TREE DID NOT WORK AS WELL AS OUR ROTATABLE DIPOLE BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN...
THEN AGAIN FUN...MIXED WITH A DOSE OF CHAOS WAS NEVER IN SHORT SUPPLY AT CREW HQ:
BACK IN 1984 OR SO YOU COULD BUY A BUILDING LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE BELOW FOR LESS THAN $5,000 THATS A BUILDING...TODAY YOU COULD NOT GET A PARKING SPACE FOR THAT...BUT
BACK THEN THE LOWER EAST SIDE WAS THE LAST PLACE ANYONE UNLESS YOU WERE A JUNKIE WOULD WANT TO BE...IT WAS PRETTY MUCH LIKE DOWNTOWN BEIRUT ON SATURDAY NITE ALL THE TIME...SO THE 22 CREW IN COOPERATION WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF COMMUNITY GROUPS WORKED ON AN ANTI DRUG PROGRAM..IT CULMINATED IN A MARCH FROM THE AREA OF 22 ALL THE WAY UP SECOND AVENUE AND HAPPENED EACH JUNE AT THE CLOSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR...
IMAGINE HUNDREDS OF FUTURE HAMMY KIDS MARCHING IN CREW SHIRTS YELLING OUR ABOVE SLOGAN....IT WAS AMAZING!!
AND YES THEY ALL COME BACK....CARMEN ON THE LEFT AND ANNA ON THE RITE WENT THROUGH EDUCOM IN THE 8TH AND 9TH GRADE...THEY BOTH WENT ON TO SEWARD PARK HS...AND BOTH CAME BACK AFTER HS TO RUN THE RADIO....SOMETIME DURING 11TH GRADE LITTLE JUAN ARRIVED....THIS WAS 1986 .....
IN 1998 JUAN WAS BACK IN THE SAME ROOM IN THE SEVENTH GRADE AND WHEN WE HAD OPEN SCHOOL NITE THAT YEAR CARMEN AND ANNA...STILL BEST FRIENDS...CAME BACK AND CALLED CQ FOR THE ENTIRE NITE AND MADE LOTS OF CONTACTS...
YES IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT IN THE EARLY 80'S .. YOU COULD GO TO KENNEDY AIRPORT..AND WALK YOUR FRIENDS RITE OUT ON THE RUNWAY UP TO THE PLANE AND SAY GOODBYE..
THATS ROBERT...KB2DGI...ON HIS WAY TO HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA AND THE HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST CIRCA 1986 OR SO...ROBERT WAS ABOUT 14 .. THE HAMS OF HUNTVILLE LED BY STEVE ROBERTS GOT ROBERT TO HUNTSPATCH FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.. GOT HIM INTO NASA SPACECAMP AND THE WHOLE THING WOUND UP WITH AN APPEARANCE AT THE HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST FOR WHICH WE CAME DOWN AND MET HIM...THIS WAS OUR VERY FIRST YEAR AT HUNTVILLE AND STARTED THE TRADTION OF THE "YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR AWARD" SPONSORED BY CQ MAGAZINE.
I AM REALLY GLAD THAT LITE TURNED RED LAST MONDAY NITE AND THERE WAS ATLAS....CARRYING THE WEIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF BRINGING COMMUNICATION TO EDUCATION HAS BEEN A DAUNTING JOB TO PUT IT MILDLY BUT WE WOULD NOT TRADE THE EXPERIENCE OF 27 YEARS OF THE "22 CREW" FOR ANYTHING...
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT ... AFTER SEEING ATLAS WE HIT THE NEXT LITE ON 49TH AND FIFTH...LOOKED TO THE RIGHT AND THERE WAS THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER TREE:
WHEN WE GOT STOPPED AT THE LITE AND GOT THE CAMERA GOING FOR ANOTHER SHOT....WE FOUND OUT THAT NOT JUST US BUT ALL NEW YORKER'S ARE HAMS AT HEART!
YES BOYS AND GIRLS SINCE 1980 TO TODAY IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL RIDE WITH SO MANY GREAT FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY...WE LOOK FORWARD TO YEAR 28 WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION PARTICULARLY SINCE Y O U ARE WITH US!
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ON THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, FRIDAY, MACY'S GOES TO WORK ON PLANNING THE PARADE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR...THINK OF US AS MACY'S....
ON THE 22nd THE VERY DAY AFTER IC DAY 2007 WE WENT TO WORK ON THE FLYER...ABOVE IS THE RESULT OF OUR LABOR....IT NOW IS ALSO ON THE WEBSITE AND IT HAS BEEN PRINTED AND WILL BE ON HAND FOR OLANDO..
TODAY....LIKE RIGHT NOW.....COPY THE FLYER...PRINT IT OUT....FILL IN THE BOTTOM AND SEND IN YOUR ENTRY..LETS MAKE IC DAY 2008 THE FASTEST RAP IN HISTORY...WE CAN IF YOU DO YOUR PART...SO DO IT ALREADY..WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS....?????
O R L A N D O
THE ONLY THING MISSING IN THIS PICTURE IS:
Y O U!
YES KIDS THATS ORLANDO 2007 SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL YOU BE IN THE PICTURE FOR 2008...??? WE SURE HOPE SO...
HERE IS ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED: THE CREW WILL BE STAYING AT THE BEST WESTERN 2014 W COLONIAL BLVD IN ORLANDO...THE DIRECT PHONE NUMBER FOR THE BW IS 407-841-8600.
PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THE PLACE TO FIND THE "22 CREW" AT THE HAMFEST IS BOOTH:
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ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE PLEASE CALL OR WRITE US NOW AND WE WANT TO SEE YOU IN FEBRUARY.
DECEMBER 30-JANUARY 5
JANUARY 5
KF4GNJ-JIM...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GOOD PAL AND REGULAR "22 CREW" CLASSROOM NET CHECKIN....JIM ENJOY UR BIRTHDAY...TOO BAD IT IS A SATURDAY ...BUT WE WILL HAVE YOUR PARTY THE DAY BEFORE ON FRIDAY SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON THE NET.
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WELL READERS WE DID NOT MAKE IT TO 3400 FOR THE NEW YEAR...BUT WE DID COME CLOSE....
LETS GO ... LETS MAKE A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION RIGHT NOW TO SEARCH OUT...AND SEND US THE BOOKS YOU DONT WANT....DO THAT TODAY.
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13
2008
LAS VEGAS
ICOM DAY IS OVER....VEGAS IS NEXT....MAKE THE CALL TODAY....BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THE SNOW WILL BE GONE .. THE LEAVES WILL BE GREEN AND IT WILL BE SO HOT WE WILL WANT THE SNOW BACK....DO NOT DELAY CALL THE PLAZA TODAY!
REPEAT
...DO NOT MISS THIS...CALL THE PLAZA HOTEL
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AND BE A PART OF THE EDUCOM EFFORT!
THE SECRET HAMMY MOBILE
THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST MOBILE SETUPS EVER...CHECK THIS OUT:
AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE CAR:
WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE FRONT TOO BUT THEN YOU WOULD READ THE PLATE AND IT WOULD GIVE THE WHOLE THING AWAY...LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND...LOOKS WARM TO US...LOOK AT THE GROUND HMMMM LOOKS ALMOST LIKE SAND...THE OWNER/OPERATOR HAS BEEN WITH US FOREVER...WHEN CONDITIONS ARE REAL GOOD HE GETS ON IN THE MORNING...SO WHO'S MOBILE DO YOU THINK THIS IS...
SEND IN A GUESS NOW AND BE THE FIRST SECRET HAMMY WINNER OF THE NEW YEAR.
FOR NEXT WEEK
...SEND IN UR STATION... UR BABY PICTURE...WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD...
NOW...
NEED A TAX DEDUCTION FOR 2008?
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
MONDAY...NEW YEARS EVE.....START THE PARTY EARLY ON THE CLASSROOM NET.
TUESDAY...NEW YEARS DAY....THIS IS NOT JUST A LITTLE IFFY....THIS IS HIGHLY DOUBTFUL BUT TUNE IN AND LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
W-TH-F AS IT STANDS NOW ALL 3 SHOULD ORIGINATE FROM CREW HQ..BUT GET UP GET ON AND FIND OUT!
DING DONG
