[Elecraft] Wounded Warrior - Ham Operator

[Don Wilhelm]

Here is what I am willing to do to help further ---

If there is anyone who has a KPA100 that is not working and would like 
to donate it for this cause, you can send it to me - I will get it 
working and see that it is properly forwarded.
He may need a KAT100 too.  If one is available, I will put both in an 
EC2 enclosure so that he can have the "K2 Twins"

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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