I appreciate Alan's occasional reminder of his available Elecraft building services. Alan recently upgraded my auction acquired K2 #2318 with SSB and IO2 to a revision B K2/100 adding the NB, DSP, PA100, 60M, and 160M modules. The upgrade job was complicated by the fact that the rig had been previously involved in a house fire and rescued by me from the charred debris through repeatedly cleaning the boards with alcohol and distilled water. I also had to replace the front panel, melted knobs, melted bezel, and melted buttons and scrub the soot blackened exterior. For about a year, I could smell a faint smoke odor every time I used the rig. A year and a half after my restoration to operable condition, the K2 stopped responding to computer control. I had seen Alan's e-mails and decided it was time to ask Alan for repair help and for the upgrades that I had been wanting for some time. Alan began to work almost immediately and kept me advised of his progress by e-mail as he repaired defects and built the upgrades. Working on the fire affected boards was difficult because each new solder point required recleaning. He finished the project promptly and charged very reasonable fees for his labor. My commercial surface mount technology rigs did not survive the fire, only the K2 because of its modular easy to work on design. I am greatful for Alan's services that again enable me to use my K2 fire survivor. The K2 worked FB QRO during last weekends CQ DX RTTY contest. Thanks Alan de KB1IKD """Hey Alan: Just ignore the negative comments on the reflector. If you enjoy building the Elecraft gear then good for you. It gives you something to do plus provides you will a few extra bucks. Besides your providing a valuable service for some of the hams. Not everyone has time to build the kits.
73, Don""" _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
