[Elecraft] Wounded Warrior - Ham Operator

[Brian Denley]

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On Aug 20, 2013, at 9:36 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Eric and Wayne have offered a 50% discount on a new KPA100 and KAT100-2 for this project -- Thank you Elecraft.  I will be doing the building at no cost.
> 
> We have 2 solid contributions of $100 each for this project with a possibility of a 3rd (unconfirmed).
> I have gone 'out on a limb' and ordered the kits charged to my credit card.  If there is a 3rd or a 4th individual who would like to help (in any amount), that would be greatly appreciated (less money out of my pocket).
> 
> Please let me know if you are also willing to help.  I will not accept anything in excess of my actual expenses.
> 
> 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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