The Radio Teacher Project, now called HamElmer.com, goal is to provide free
documentation for Amateur Radio Tests.
In early 2006 Google started giving 100 MB of web space for free to its
registered users. Using an @gmail.com email account for “RadioTeacher”
the web site was created as radioteacher.googlepages.com for the project.
The San Antonio Radio Club needed an instructor in 2001 to teach the
Technicians class and I gladly accepted the job. I feel that the only way to
grow the hobby was to teach and Elmer (the Amateur Radio term for mentor)
anyone with a desire to become an amateur radio operator.
I owe a lot to the hobby/service. In the 1980’s I worked as a laborer and
carpenter on the coast of South Texas. In December of 1986 I earned a
Technicians license as N5IUT. In a short time I was communicating over
packet radio to San Antonio 150 miles away via a digipeater to Harry
Ridenour, N0CCW on two meters. Harry was the first radio operator on
packet radio in San Antonio and a wealth of packet radio information. Harry
(my Elmer) and my father encouraged me to learn more about packet radio,
computers and build many projects. My father Louis, N5JKH, and I installed
and maintained many Packet Radio nodes during that time. In 1991 with a
practical knowledge in computers and networking I changed careers to
computers.