Elmers
What is an Elmer?
Elmer – “Someone who provides personal guidance and assistance to would-be hams and also to hams that are seeking personal assistance in specific areas of the amateur radio hobby.” — N2QOJ
Following is our Elmer registry. If you need help getting into the hobby or are already an amateur and need some help or advice, you can reach out to one or more of the folks listed below. Please remember, Elmers are volunteers so be respectful of their time! If you need help, please be flexible and reachable by the Elmer that you request.
If you’d like to become an Elmer yourself, please CLICK HERE to fill out a cool form to get you on this list!
Elmers
This is a "registry" of our Elmers!| Name | Callsign | Contact Info | Areas of Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Bledsoe | KL7H | kl7h@arrl.net, (907) 694.4730 | Amplifiers, Antennas, Basic Electronics, Direction Finding, D-Star, DXing, EME (Moon Bounce), Emergency Communications, Feedlines and Connectors, Filtering, General Amateur Info, General Electronics, General HF Ops, General VHF/UHF Ops, Grounding, HF Digital (other than Winlink), HF Propagation, License Exam Prep, License Testing, Logging, Microwave, Mobile Installations, Morse Code (CW), Power Supplies, QRP, Radio Theory, Repeaters, Satellites, Test Equipment, Towers, VHF/UHF Digital (other than Winlink), Winlink |
| Paul Fairchild | AL4G | paul.h.fairchild@gmail.com | Antennas, Basic Electronics, Feedlines and Connectors, License Exam Prep, Power Supplies, Towers, Mechanical/Electrical engineering, financial analysis, Petroleum and natural gas processing |
| Joel Holbrook | AL7PQ | BIGAlaska@proton.me 907.803.3333 | Antennas, APRS, Basic Electronics, Direction Finding, Feedlines and Connectors, General Amateur Info, General Electronics, General HF Ops, General VHF/UHF Ops, Grounding, HF Propagation, License Exam Prep, License Testing, Mobile Installations, Morse Code (CW), QRP, Radio Theory, Satellites, SOTA, Test Equipment, Towers, Winlink |
| Matt Notte | WL4DX | wl4dx@outlook.com 907.885.1185 | Basic Electronics, DMR, D-Star, EchoLink / IRLP, Fusion, General Electronics, General VHF/UHF Ops, HF Digital (other than Winlink), License Exam Prep, Logging, Pi-Star, Portable Hotspots, code Plugs for DMR, Allstar Nodes |
| Kent Petty | KL5T | kent.petty at kl7aa.org | Antennas, APRS, Direction Finding, Emergency Communications, Feedlines and Connectors, General Amateur Info, General HF Ops, General VHF/UHF Ops, Grounding, HF Propagation, License Exam Prep, License Testing, MESH Networking, Mobile Installations, Morse Code (CW), Radio Theory, Repeaters, SHARES, VHF/UHF Digital (other than Winlink), Winlink |