http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Wounded-Warrior-Ham-Operator-tp7577952p7578081.html
I wonder if this would be a good 'fund raiser' for Hamfests. There are a bunch of wounded warriors here in NC fighting their battles with the VA.
One of the local veteranarians has setup a pets for vets to help some of the folk with PTSD. (Having a dog that loves you unconditionally, and helps give a reason to get out of bed is a GREAT thing for some of them...) -- I suspect a bunch would find ham radio a great way to pass the time while healing.....
> 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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