[Elecraft] Wounded Warrior - Ham Operator

[Don Wilhelm]

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
>
>
>
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> KC6CNN - Gerald
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> K3 # 6254
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