[KL7AA] Looking for volunteers to be Elmers in South Central AK

[KL7YK]

The club's have recently received several requests for Tech Classes and 
contacts for help in Ham Radio.

To that end we want to maintain a list of folks who are willing to 
assist a new ham or other ham radio related issues in the area. This 
will include answering questions from potential new hams to technical 
help on rigs, antennas etc...

An Elmer is one that helps in these situations, educates and or trains 
new and old hams on how to properly operate their station to helping 
them setup a station.  Specific "how do I upgrade" questions should be 
directed to the VEC Page at KL7AA.NET.

Usually this help only requires a phone call between the person asking 
for help and the Elmer, on occasion as needed it may need hands on 
attention.  This is strictly between the Elmer and the people asking for 
help.  The Clubs will provide contacts only,  the area Volunteer 
Examiners are a good example of Hams helping Hams.

Since putting together a formal class is both logistically a pain and 
since getting a room full of students often proves problematic. Until 
such classes are available we encourage potential new hams to look for 
an Elmer to help them.  Further we encourage potential news hams to look 
to the online practice exams to get an idea where they need help.  Then 
when you see where you need help with either the material or the 
question itself you can contact an Elmer for help. That's also when you 
should think about an ARRL or Gordon West Exam Manual.

Information on the VE Program is on the KL7AA Website 
http://www.kl7aa.net/VEC/vecmain.html.

Practice Exams can be found online at QRZ.COM and EHam.COM.

So if you are willing to be a contact to Elmer an area Ham or potential 
new ham please let Jim Wiley, KL7CC know via email at KL7CC at ARRL.NET.  
Jim will put together an internal list of contacts and as requests come 
in we will be able to put the closest Elmer in touch.  We will not 
publish this list so your information will not be "on the web".  Please 
provide your name, call sign, a good phone number and what area of South 
Central you would like to help with.

As always you can send a note to any of the clubs email addresses and we 
will get you to the right person.

Thanks to all for the efforts to keep this hobby growing.  We lead by 
example, be that example!


Ron, KL7YK
VP AARC