Welcome aboard, Dave! I have been working closely with Don Wilhelm while assembling my K2 (serial 7818). We have had quite a few burps, but with Don’s help I am getting closer to completion. Then I will be able to make MY FIRST QSO as a new ham! The K2 is my first and only ham radio, and I am excited to finish the build and have a working station.
We are attempting to work through a difficult problem right now. I could include you in email conversations I have with Don, if you would like, to keep you in the loop. Again, welcome to the group, and I look forward to working with Don AND YOU. Thanks, and 73 Don Schroder, KE0PVQ Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Dave Van Wallaghen<mailto:d...@w8fgu.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:29 PM To: Elecraft Reflector<mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] Announcing W8FGU Servicing Elecraft's Classic Line ofProducts Announcing W8FGU Services, LLC now providing build, repair and alignment services for the Elecraft Classic Line of transceivers and accessories as well as the mini-module line. Hi fellow Elecraft list members, this is Dave, W8FGU and I’m announcing (with Elecraft’s blessing) that I am now providing support services for the Elecraft Classic Line of products (K2, K1, KX1, associated transceivers and accessories) and their mini-module line of products. As you may or may not know, our legendary guru Don Wilhelm, W3FPR is retiring this month from providing these services for the past 20 years or so. Although Don is retiring from the physical support of these fine products, he has assured all of us that he will continue to provide guidance and advice via the Elecraft email reflector for the foreseeable future. Through Don’s guidance and encouragement and the numerous discussions with Don and senior management at Elecraft over the last few weeks, I have decided to continue Don’s legacy in the Elecraft support arena. Don has been gracious enough to share with me his business model, pricing, policies and procedures so that I may continue to try and provide the same services he has provided for so many years. I am committed to providing the same high quality and timely service at the same standard Don has set during his tenure. As this is an ambitious venture on my part, Don has assured me that he is only a phone call or email away for when I need his assistance. And of course, I have the complete support of the fine folks at Elecraft. It is with their spirit and support that we believe we can carry Don’s legacy of servicing these fine products of Elecraft engineering, well into the future. Elecraft has always been more than supportive of my enclosure business since 2006. In that time, I have sold hundreds of poly-carbonate and acrylic enclosures for their mini-module line of products and dust covers for the KX3, PX3 and KX2. These are all produced by hand in a modest workshop in my basement. I have been invited and worked in their booth in Dayton for the past 12 years. I’ve enjoyed a great working relationship with Eric, Wayne and many of the sales and support staff and look forward to continuing that relationship with this new venture. As many of you know, I am still working full time as a Lieutenant (fire fighter/medic) for the Brownstown Fire Department here in SE Michigan. I will be able to retire in a little over two years. But my background has been technical since high school. My grandfather (the original W8FGU SK) taught me about ham radio as a child. He passed away when I was a teenager, but he encouraged me to continue my education and I obtained an Associates in Electrical Engineering in 1982 and soon began a career as an electronic tech that turned into a 20-year programming and IT career in the PC software development arena. Although I have been a firefighter since the age of 14, my full-time career did not start until October of 2000. With that said, blowing off the dust on my tech skills and with support of Don and all the folks at Elecraft, I am very confident I will carry on the high support standard that Don has established well into the future and for the life of these products. Please contact me at this email address for any comments, questions or concerns. Also please visit my website: www.w8fgu.com for details of the services I provide and more details in how to contact me. Thanks for the bandwidth, Dave W8FGU (This announcement has been posted with the expressed permission of Eric (list moderator) and Elecraft management) ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to donandde...@hotmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
