I wonder if this would be a good 'fund raiser' for Hamfests. There are a bunch of wounded warriors here in NC fighting their battles with the VA. One of the local veteranarians has setup a pets for vets to help some of the folk with PTSD. (Having a dog that loves you unconditionally, and helps give a reason to get out of bed is a GREAT thing for some of them...) -- I suspect a bunch would find ham radio a great way to pass the time while healing.....
KK4QDZ - Now with Extra Class Priv's, and a tiny KX3 to enjoy them! ________________________________ From: Tom McCulloch <th...@att.net> To: d...@w3fpr.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wounded Warrior - Ham Operator You guys are great--in less than24 hours since the original post appeared, the need was met! I shouldn't be surprised, hams have always come through, but a tear is in my eye nonetheless. And more importantly, thanks to the newest member of our Elecraft family and all the other service men and women and their families for all of there sacrifices. Tom WB2QDG K2 1103 On 8/20/2013 10:14 PM, Don Wilhelm 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
