Maybe this reflector has found a mission. Do you still need a mic? On Aug 20, 2013, at 9:14 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> To all, > > Thank you, the purse has now been fully funded. Thanks to the generosity of > several hams and Elecraft, my expenses have now been covered. That is all I > want. While I would normally charge a build fee, this one is different. > > This new disabled ham will receive a new KPA100 and KAT100 and his K2 will be > aligned and calibrated to perform the best it can be. > > Thank you all again for your offers of assistance. The outpouring of offers > from other hams is overwhelming. Thank you all for your assistance on this > project. > > 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 >> >> >> >> ----- >> KC6CNN - Gerald >> K2 # 5486 >> K3 # 6254 >> KX3 # 757 >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Wounded-Warrior-Ham-Operator-tp7577952.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
