[Elecraft] Wounded Warrior - Ham Operator

[Don Wilhelm]

Jack,

The mic issue has been covered by the offer of either a Shure 444.D or 
an Elecraft MH2.
Thank you for your offer.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/20/2013 11:01 PM, Jack Berry wrote:
> Maybe this reflector has found a mission. Do you still need a mic?
>
> On Aug 20, 2013, at 9:14 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> 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
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