Hi,
Eric and Wayne have offered a 50% discount on a new KPA100 and KAT100-2
for this project -- Thank you Elecraft. I will be doing the building at
no cost.
We have 2 solid contributions of $100 each for this project with a
possibility of a 3rd (unconfirmed).
I have gone 'out on a limb' and ordered the kits charged to my credit
card. If there is a 3rd or a 4th individual who would like to help (in
any amount), that would be greatly appreciated (less money out of my
pocket).
Please let me know if you are also willing to help. I will not accept
anything in excess of my actual expenses.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 8/20/2013 2:48 AM, KC6CNN wrote:
I wanted to take a minute to thank a few hams that help me assist a wounded
warrior that just became a ham operator.
I would like to thank John KF7OM for being patient while a bunch of ham
pooled their money to purchase a radio for the wounded warrior.
I would like to thank Don Wilhelm W3FPR for his help trouble shooting and
walking me through a trouble shooting of a donated kio2 kit that did not
work. Don you assistance was right on and you hit the nail on the head and
solved the problem.
I would also like to thank the fine people at Elecraft. Once Don had
isolated the problem and it was a transistor. I called Elecraft and spoke
with Howard. I explained that Don and I had been trouble shooting a KIO2 for
a Wounded Warrior new ham and needed a transistor. I gave him a part number
and Howard said I will get it sent out to you tomorrow. It arrived fast and
resolved the problem.
The radio was given to the Wounded Warrior today and he was beaming with
pride. A bunch of local hams came out and built a dipole antenna and pitched
in to get him on the air.
When he found out that John, Don, Howard from Elecraft had all help a person
they did not know it brought a tear to his eyes. For a Wounded Warrior who
also suffers from PTSD. Ham radio allows him to met new people and talk
around the world. Right now he has a Elecraft K2/10, we are all going to
work on getting him a mic and eventually up to a 100 watts. But he showed
great interest in qrp. The mic will not be used much I suspect as he has
also expressed a great interest to do CW.
So, Thanks to all of you that help in this project. It reassured me that
hams are great people and that Elecraft is the very best in customer
service. I know that most the hams down here could not believe that Elecraft
would send the part out and that it was so easy to get ahold of a
knowledgeable person from the company. I can assure you that the Wounded
Warrior will not buy any other brand of rig, except Elecraft.
Thank you all. It was very touching.
73's Gerald KC6CNN
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KC6CNN - Gerald
K2 # 5486
K3 # 6254
KX3 # 757
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