Week 27 of 2006
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES
TAKE A LOOK AT LAST WEEKS APPLE SLICES...7AM FIELD DAY MORNING LOOKING WEST FROM THE KNICKERBOCKER POST OFICE ON E. BROADWAY, HOME OF POB 1052 NY NY 10002 SURE WAS A DIFFERENT VIEW FROM YESTERDAY MORNING...SAME PARKING SPOT SAME CAMERA BUT LOTS DIFFERENT WX...FLOODS ARE OVER HEAT LIKE THE DESERT HAS RETURNED TO THE CORE OF THE BIG APPLE JUST ONE WEEK TOO LATE...NOTE THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE THIS WEEK AND CITY HALL AND OTHER BUILDINGS JUST BEHIND THE BRIDGE THAT YOU COULD NOT SEE LAST WEEK....
********A QUESTION....IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE "22 CREW" COMPILE A WALKING/DRIVING TOUR VIDEO OR CD OF BIG APPLE SITES...STUFF YOU WOULD NEVER SEE ON A TOURIST VIDEO BUT STUFF WE FIND INTERESTING AND EXCITING..THIS WOULD BE DONE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME MAYBE ENDING UP WITH ICOM DAY OR NUYEARS EVE OR SOMETHING...WOULD ANYONE HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL SITES AND SOUNDS OF THE BIG APPLE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS? LET US KNOW THIS COULD BE AN INTERESTING PROJECT....
ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE POST OFFICE YESTERDAY MORNING WE COULD NOT HELP BUT STOP AT THE "22 CREW" FIELD DAY SITE....MADE A TON OF CONTACTS: W8KB/N8DMW/KA9ZHY ALL IN 3 MINUTES AND HERE IS HOW IT LOOKED:
JUST WAIT'LL NEXT YEAR!
ICOM DAY 2006
TWO NINE-29
THIRTY-THREE 3-3 WAS THE NUMBER...NO THATS NOT A SIGNAL REPORT FROM A COUNTY HUNTER..THAT WAS THE NUMBER OF REMAINING IC DAY TICKETS BUT NOW THANKS TO WA4LT-WALTER WHO ALWAYS WAITS TILL THE VERY END TO MAKE HIS PLAY THE NEW NUMBER IS 2-9 ..TWENTY NINE....GOOD LUCK WALTER AND WITH 29 TO GO WE ARE WAY AHEAD OF LAST YEAR...
760914/15 RALPH FARIELLO-K2PF
761016 STU TYLER-WA4JUO
761017 MARK GROSSMAN-K2CON
761018 ROGER SWINNEY-W8CNJ
761019/034 SAM NEAL-N5AF
761020 CAL EPSTEIN-W9JAN
761021-30 MORT BARDFIELD-W1UQ
761031 RANDY DORMAN-KB3IFH
761032-3 JIM FOSTER-NN7K
761035/36 ROLAND CRANE-W4MUR
761037 SAM PLESSINGER-W8GRP
761038 JOHN R DAVIS-WA5RHF
761041 RONALD E. MILLER-KB0TDA
761042 AIMEE R. STERLING-KB0TXA
761040 PHIL WHITEHOUSE-W1GEE
761039 JIM COVINGTON-AA0XJ
761043/44 DICK BeGOLE-VE3WII
761045 JEFF ALLEN-KB9YSJ
761046/7 KEN SCHULZ-KB5UJY
761048/9/10/11 LOU PERSONS-W4EYE
761052/3/4/5 WALTER---W A 4 L T
761056/7/8/9 BRUCE-AD7AO
761060/61 DAVID-WB2DZH
761062/63 HOWARD-N2PZK
761064 DAVID-WZ6X
761065 KEN-W9KB
761066 TIM-K4IIS
761067 JIM-WA4IYZ
761068 LUCKY-K9LUK
761069 MARK-WI1SON
761070 WILLIAM-W9BEL
761071/72 BILL-N8DSG
761074/74 BILL-WB1GKG
761075 STEVE-KO4QT
761076 JIM-KF4GNJ
761077 ROBERT-K2GSL
761078 SUE-KD5LKG
761079/80 GEORGE-WA2AGR
761081/82/83/84 WALTER -WA4LT
B I R T H D A Y S...
JUST AROUND THE END OF THE 1988/89 SCHOOL YEAR...JUNE OF 1989 TO BE EXACT WE WERE CALLING CQ ON 21.395 AND THIS STATION COMES BACK TO US...K 0 SOMETHING...KIDS OPERATING AT THAT TIME LOOKED AT ME I LOOKED AT THEM AND NONE OF US HAD A CLUE...SO IN TYPICAL 22 CREW FASHION WE NEVER GIVE UP TILL WE GET THAT STATION...TURNS OUT TO BE NONE OTHER THAN K0SKD-GENE JOINING US FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME ON THE 15M NET....THE REASON WE COULD NOT FIGURE IT ALL OUT IS THAT GENE TALKS FUNNY AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT THE KIDS SAID....THEN...GENE TOLD US WE TALK FUNNY....HE HAD TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING US....AND ONCE AGAIN THE VALUE OF HAM RADIO IN THE CLASSROOM IS PROVEN AS A BUNCH OF CHILDREN IN MANHATTAN FIND OUT THAT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY MAY SPEAK ENGLISH BUT IT SURE SOUNDS DIFFERENT FROM THEIRS....NEEDLESS TO SAY K0SKD WAS HOOKED ON THE 22 CREW....SEPT 1989 HE WAS THERE WAITING FOR US ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS AND FROM THEN ON OL FARMER GENE WORKED THOUSANDS OF KIDS OVER THE COMING YEARS AND THE ONES THAT COME BACK NOW AS ADULTS ALL ASK FOR HIM....HIS STORIES FROM THE FARM...LIFE IN IOWA..OR MISSSOURI DEPENDING AS THE FARM SITS ON THE LINE....THE REAL PICTURES AS THIS WAS PRE DIGITAL CAMERA DAYS...IT MADE THE DAY FOR SO MANY KIDS AND EVERYONE LEARNED...OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE MET GENE SEVERAL TIMES...BRYAN, WN9Y, HOSTED THE 22 CREW EYEBALL ONE SUMMER YEARS AGO AND GENE CAME OUT FOR THAT ALONG WITH HIS XYL JUANITA....GENE SPENDS THE WINTERS IN ARIZONA NEAR HIS SON TOM AND WHEN THE ARRL SW CONVENTION WAS HELD IN AZ HE CAME OVER AND MET US THERE....WELL TODAY...JULY 2 ...OL FARMER GENE IS 80 AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL NO DIFFERENT THAN BACK IN 89 JUST BETTER!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GENE:
*********DID WE MISS YOU THIS WEEK? HAVE WE MISSED YOU THIS YEAR? WE ARE GOOD BUT WE ARE NOT PSYCHIC...MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHEN YOUR BIRTHDAY OR OTHER IMPORTANT EVENT IS.
THE HONOR ROLL
AS OF YESTERDAYS MAIL IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR HONOR ROLL MAIL....IF NOT LET US KNOW...REMEMBER...THE ROLL MAKES THE CREW POSSIBLE..WHEN YOU GET THE MAIL FILL IT OUT AND SEND IT IN...
NEW ADMITS TO CLASS
WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE CLASSROOM NET:
JUNE 26 CLYDE-AB8KY
JUNE 27 K2WH-BILL
WB7DMX-BOBBY
AND REMEMBER WHEN YOU 3 HIT 80 WE WANT A PICTURE OF YOU AND THE CAKE! WELCOME TO THE "22 CREW"
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2,818
UP THREE THIS WEEK TO 2,818...NO WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUT MANUAL PROJECT..CMON BOYS DIG OUT THE ODD BALL BOOKS YOU WILL NEVER NEED AGAIN AND SEND THEM IN.
JULY 8 & 9-FOURTH ANNUAL TEACHERS MEETING....
............PROMISES TO ONCE AGAIN BE THE HIGH POINT OF THE EDUCATIONAL SEASON IN REGARD TO AMATEUR RADIO AND EDUCOM
703-386-2110 IS THE NUMBER FOR THE PLAZA ...MAKE THE CALL NOW!
WE WILL BE ARRIVING AT THE PLAZA SOMETIME LATE ON FRIDAY AND LEAVING MONDAY....SADLY THIS YEAR MANDALAY BAY HAD TO CANCEL BUT LOOK FOR US BACK THEIR NEXT YEAR...
IF YOU WANT TO CHAT ANYTIME DURING THE 4 DAYS OF THE CONFERENCE JUST CALL OUR CELL 516-658-6947.
AS OF NOW THE PLAN IS TO MEET AROUND 5PM SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ROOFTOP POOL OF THE PLAZE FOR ALL TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER..WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE AREA "UP ON THE ROOF" SO JUST LOOK FOR US OR CALL THE CELL.
SUNDAY MORNING 10AM THE FORUM ROOM OPENS FOR A FULL DAY OF EDUCOM....
NOW PAY ATTENTION...I LOVE THIS PART AS WE ALWAYS GET TO SEE WHO IS READING THEIR APPLE SLICES......NO APPLE SLICES NEXT WEEK...WE WILL RETURN 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY WITH THE LAS VEGAS HI-LIGHTS.....OH AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO PUBLISH THE NAMES AND CALLS OF ALL WHO ASK US NEXT WEEK HEY WHERES MY APPLE SLICES?
DAYTON 2006
SHOOTOUT AT ALEX'S CORRAL
HEY PAL..U WANNA TAKE MY PICTURE..OH YEAH WELL IM GONNA TAKE UR PICTURE OH YEAH ...WE WILL WE SEE ABOUT THAT OK WIZEGUY GO FER UR CAMERA
AND HERE YOU SEE N8DMW SHOOT ME AS I SHOOT HIM!
A VERY CONFUSED LADY
MEET LINDA...XYL OF KO4QT STEVE...ALSO MEET STEVE AND LINDA NEXT WEEK AT THE TEACHERS MEETING....
HOWEVER THIS IS LINDA IN DAYTON...TAKE A LOOK AT HER EXPRESSION...THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBLE CAPTIONS HERE IT IS AMAZING...POOR LADY HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE SIGN MEANS OR WHY....THEN AGAIN...ALL OF YOU ON THE CLASSROOM NET KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON AND THIS WEEK I WANT TO THANK N8ZA FOR QUALIFYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR THE TITLE...
OK TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING..WELL YOU KNOW WHAT UR MOTHER SAID ABOUT THAT SO YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT 2 WEEKS OR SO FOR MORE PICTURES FROM DAYTON HOWEVER WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH JUST ONE MORE...YOU KNOW IN CERTAIN STATES CARS HAVE NO FRONT LICENSE PLATES...WELL WE HEARD THAT DOWN IN "ROCKY TOP" LAND THE GREAT STATE OF TENNESSEE HOME OF DAVEY CROCKET AND OTHER NOTABLES LIKE KG4MLO THEY WERE THINKING OF HANDING OUT FRONT PLATES TO HAMS ONLY AND HERE IS WHAT AN EXPERIMENTAL ONE COULD LOOK LIKE:
THIS WEEK AT THE CORE:
EVERYDAY FROM CREW HQ MONDAY TO THURSDAY, WA4LT/N8DMW AND THEIR MERRY BAND OF HELPERS WILL BE IN CHARGE FRIDAY...REMEMBER WE HAVE SPIES SO BEHAVE........
DING DONG!!!