The QRP Amateur Radio Club International 'Elmer Award' may be submitted by any QRPARCI member for someone who has helped them along their amateur radio journey. Traditionally Elmers were probably defined as someone, usually an older ham, who provided a helping hand and guidance for someone, usually younger, entering the ham radio community.
In today's fast paced, ever changing world of technology, communication advances, and the advancing age of many hams the Elmer can be viewed from a different perspective. Being licensed for many years, often decades, the tables can get reversed and it becomes the new, often much younger, ham who is performing the role of the Elmer by helping the more senior ham with guidance in new modes of communications and teaching some of the new technologies.
The more senior ham may need help with antenna work or other station needs and the ham who once was considered an Elmer now is in need of the services they once provided. By broadening the scope and definition more deserving hams may be acknowledged with an 'Elmer Award' by a member who has benefited from their help and guidance.
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QRP Quarterly - APR 2018
Technical Articles
Idea Exchange—Mike Czuhajewski—WA8MCQ
Antenna Pieces from the Dollar Store—N2CX
Use Safety Mat for Rubber Feet—NA1MH
Free 9V Battery Connectors—WA8MCQ
Ham Radio Stuff at Thrift Stores—AI2T
Solder Paste Extruder—KM4NFQ
Connect Ground Lugs to Be Safe—AE9DB
Kevlar Kite String for Dial Cord—WØVT
Alternative to Harbor Freight Punch—W9CTW, WA8MCQ
14 Arduino Building Blocks: The Sweeperino Jr.—DuWayne Schmidkofer—KV4QB
17 Vertical Whip Mount for the KX2 and KX3—Edi Bosshard—HB9MTN
19 Over-Temperature Cutoff Controller—Paul Signorelli—WØRW
20 The Amazing SolderScope—Tom Williams—K9AC
26 The Basics of Maximum Usable Frequency (MUF)—Tomas Hood—NW7US
28 The CIA’s Secret QRP CW Transmitter Project—Ben Kuo—AI6YR
36 Antenna Notes—John Leonardelli—VE3IPS
5 Band EFHW with Traps and Links—DK3IT and HB9BCB
40/20 Trap Dipole—KD1JV
Super Cheap Chinese Antenna Poles—VE3IPS
KT5X’s Musings on his Traps—KT5X
The Joy of QRP
13 CW: AB3AP’s Key-to-Rig Switch Box—Dan Romanchik—KB6NU
18 10 Questions About Your QRP Operations—John Leonardelli—VE3IPS
19 RBN Map for QRPers—Paul Signorelli—WØRW
22 The QCX Transceiver: A “Best Buy”—Howard Zehr—K4LXY
23 Product Review: The QRP Labs QCX—John W. Thompson—K3MD
24 QRP in the ARRL DX CW Contest—Bob Cutter—KIØG
31 QRPver 20M Transceiver Review—Edward R. Breneiser—WA3WSJ
The World of QRP ARCI
3 Editorial—Mitch Gill—NA7US
4 From the President—Preston Douglas—WJ2V
27 2018 QRP ARCI Contest Schedule
34 Four Days in May 2018 Announcement
40 New or Renewal Membership Application
40 QRP ARCI Staff and Directors
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