Any HAM Elmers (radio operators) out there?

Jason

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So, my work currently has me ramping up on VoLTE configuration sets for engineering tasks so that I can teach other engineers about how to configure hardware and software. Pretty cool stuff to get into the radio elements here, which is right up my alley as a geek. The history of radio in telephony, specifically cellular communications, is quite fascinating. All of that radio discussion has gotten me interested in getting my HAM radio license (as a Technician)...

Apparently in the ham radio community there are tutors (or Elmers as they call them) that can tutor people. I could likely learn from self study, but part of the appeal is connecting to the community there as well, so figured there must be some AWers who are also a part of the ham radio operator community.

If you'd be interested in connecting, post here (share your call sign if you like too).
 

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Don't know any HAM operators, but a nice story from almost 50 years ago.

Our late, beloved statesman Barry Goldwater was a HAM operator. He had a huge tower on his property on a hill. It was grandfathered in after town rules changed. During the Viet Nam war his station ran 24 hours a day, with a rotating assortment of operators. My father did a year in country during 1970. One night the phone rang at our house, the telephone operator asked if we would accept a collect call from Barry Goldwater. Of course I said yes. Mr. Goldwater himself came on the line to say he had a call from my father. I recognized his voice. We talked with my Dad for probably 5-10 minutes, all the way from Viet Nam.

About 15 years later I had the opportunity to tell his daughter about the call. When I told her I was almost as excited to talk with her father as with my own, she thought that was funny.

HAM operators are some of God's chosen people.

MM