Although I have not used his expertise (yet), I am amazed by Don's knowledge, patience, and clarity of thought when helping others on the reflector.
Stand up Don, and take a bow... Stewart G3RXQ On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:02:50 -0400, jim wrote: > Over the past year of lurking and taking in all the info I could from > > this newsgroup, one person has continued to stand out when it comes to > helpful advice and troubleshooting skills. > > After the first sign of problems with my K2 this evening accompanied by > the panic and fear of never stroking the antenna with RF again, I > realized that I would need to contact Don Wilhelm, W3FPR. > > I have emailed Don many times in the past few months, always receiving > helpful advice but with my panic level at a state that touched my wife > as well, I took a leap of faith and called Don. > > Not only was he gracious enough to not object to my intrusion on his > personal time, he also spent close to a half hour chatting with me and > leading me to the obvious problem that I should have discovered for > myself. ( did I mention the panic ) > > It is not surprising that an Engineer of his level of expertise would > have little trouble with this radio, but what is surprising is his > commitment to all of us who own Elecraft's > > Thanks Don, I doubt you will ever receive your just rewards for your > thankless service to all of us on this reflector, but I would like to > tell you how much your contribution means and I am sure that I am not > alone in my debt to you. > > Jim Dooley - WX9J > > K2 # 4892 > > > "Linux - Windows Free since "93" > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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