Two of the two-wire jigs were included since we all lose one sooner or later, right? The medical clamps are mainly for temporary heat sinks. Each use allows for a new arrangement of each aid.Īll aids except the Aven circuit board holder have magnets on the bottom to put them where needed and removal entirely when desired. Soldering Platform built for N4WDG with all accessories stacked on the surface. After texting him to blindly ask what he was using for a soldering position in his home workbench, he sent back a picture very familiar to most all hams who have ever attended a hamfest or visited Radio Shack back in the day. But when I recently built a small jig to simply hold two wires for my soldering platform, I thought I’d just build another for N5WDG, too.

As I’ve been building my RF Lab, he’s been a constant source of information and advice. I have learned a great deal from him about repeaters, installations, and RF testing in general. He’s one of the go-to folks for repeaters in the Jackson MS area. We’ve been friends for almost a decade now, having many overlapping social network connections. from Mississippi State University and an MBA from Millsaps College. Thomas N5WDG is a local ham who is an RF network engineer at a three-letter cellular company. I’ve tried to do that in spots where it was clear that I could. It’s entirely likely that the learning ham can give back to specific Elmers on another aspect of the diverse hobby that is amateur radio. I’m talking here about one Elmer helping explain something about the hobby over a period of time where the learner becomes more competent in that subject matter within the scope of the hobby.

Some Elmers are now charging for their premium educational services! But Elmering as an activity is rarely a monolithic endeavor as very few hams tend to “know it all,” although every reader can name a few on QRZ.com or who seem to be legends in their own mind. We get Elmering through other means besides in-person discussions, of course, as various social media platforms-especially Youtube-has exploded with how-to videos and such. I’ve tried to be an Elmer to a number of others, too. I’ve certainly been blessed with a number of them. We all have Elmers in this hobby through one medium or another.

Helping hands jig with alligator clips