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Final Elerzft charge

 

The final amount charged by Elecraft was $145.
Re: Thank you for your KRC-2 donations

[email protected]
 

Chipped in $50 for the repair bill.

73 e KH6DC
Re: KRC-2 REPAIR EXPENSES

 

Rob,
Yes, thank you.
Thank you for your KRC-2 donations

 

PAID
I'll put the unit back on line when it gets here
Re: KRC-2 REPAIR EXPENSES

 

Some on the way.

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Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side
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73 de W3AB/GEO ???

http://www.w3ab.org

You can say "over", you can say "out", you just can't say "over and out".


On Thursday, July 23, 2020, 07:55:42 AM PDT, Keith Lamonica, W7DXX <w7dxx@...> wrote:


Please send your KRC-2 repair donation here:

Re: KRC-2 REPAIR EXPENSES

 

Too late - already sent $50 to your direct account - '73 -- Don N4HH

On Thursday, July 23, 2020, 10:55:42 AM EDT, Keith Lamonica, W7DXX <w7dxx@...> wrote:


Please send your KRC-2 repair donation here:

Re: KRC-2 REPAIR EXPENSES

 

Keith I already sent it awhile ago to your regular Paypal. Did you receive it?

Rob


On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 10:55 AM Keith Lamonica, W7DXX <w7dxx@...> wrote:
Please send your KRC-2 repair donation here:

KRC-2 REPAIR EXPENSES

 

Please send your KRC-2 repair donation here:

BTW

 

A few of you had offered donations toward the KRC-2 expenses.
Kindly PayPal me your donation.

thanks
Re: I have cooled down

Keith Martin
 

Keith,

I think you have made a good decision. A 25$ donation is on it's way.
Our best wishes for your?daughter. Our prayers are with her.

Keith - KA6ASJ
Re: I have cooled down

[email protected]
 

Keith,
Thanks for this email. YOU are a straight up guy, your integrity shines thru. Means a lot in this world now.

GOD bless....let me know when I can donate some $$$ when needed...Keep up the great work, OM.

73
Tom
K2GO

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? k2go@...



On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, at 23:07, Keith Lamonica, W7DXX wrote:
No question that I was upset with the Elecraft treatment of our KRC-2 problem. There were, however, other things going on:

1. In an effort to cure our port forwarding problems with the new ISP, we totally screwed up our network which took calling on the ISP owner to fix after several days.
2. We had a couple of desert lightning storms come through causing minimal damage but a lot of concern and trouble shooting.
3. The fact that we had screwed up the internet meant
a. a lot of downtime for the remote
b. my wife could not do online research for her latest book.
c. my daughter could not do online gaming?
d. I could not watch the latest Trump screw ups
4. My cell phone with a ton of data on it died.
5. We are arranging to take my daughter to Mayo Clinic for treatment

The list goes on. But, after sleeping on it, I have authorized Elecraft to charge my credit card and return the repaired KRC-2.?
Again, I will not turn this into an Elecraft bashing contest, I think too much of them and their products.


--
TOM K2GO
Re: I have cooled down

 

Keith,
Take care of your daughter. Everything will be ok. I¡¯ll say a prayer for her. I believe your decision is the right one about the Elecraft situation. I am sending you $25 toward the repair. It¡¯s not much but maybe a few others will kick in.

Good luck
Rob
WR3Y

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 10:07 AM Keith Lamonica, W7DXX <w7dxx@...> wrote:
No question that I was upset with the Elecraft treatment of our KRC-2 problem. There were, however, other things going on:

1. In an effort to cure our port forwarding problems with the new ISP, we totally screwed up our network which took calling on the ISP owner to fix after several days.
2. We had a couple of desert lightning storms come through causing minimal damage but a lot of concern and trouble shooting.
3. The fact that we had screwed up the internet meant
a. a lot of downtime for the remote
b. my wife could not do online research for her latest book.
c. my daughter could not do online gaming?
d. I could not watch the latest Trump screw ups
4. My cell phone with a ton of data on it died.
5. We are arranging to take my daughter to Mayo Clinic for treatment

The list goes on. But, after sleeping on it, I have authorized Elecraft to charge my credit card and return the repaired KRC-2.?
Again, I will not turn this into an Elecraft bashing contest, I think too much of them and their products.

I have cooled down

 

No question that I was upset with the Elecraft treatment of our KRC-2 problem. There were, however, other things going on:

1. In an effort to cure our port forwarding problems with the new ISP, we totally screwed up our network which took calling on the ISP owner to fix after several days.
2. We had a couple of desert lightning storms come through causing minimal damage but a lot of concern and trouble shooting.
3. The fact that we had screwed up the internet meant
a. a lot of downtime for the remote
b. my wife could not do online research for her latest book.
c. my daughter could not do online gaming?
d. I could not watch the latest Trump screw ups
4. My cell phone with a ton of data on it died.
5. We are arranging to take my daughter to Mayo Clinic for treatment

The list goes on. But, after sleeping on it, I have authorized Elecraft to charge my credit card and return the repaired KRC-2.?
Again, I will not turn this into an Elecraft bashing contest, I think too much of them and their products.
Re: CORRECTION

Richard Rieben
 

I think the more automation (and dummy-proofing) we can build into the station, the better.

R-
73 de KE4WLE


On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 9:20:51 PM EDT, Keith Lamonica, W7DXX <w7dxx@...> wrote:


PLEASE LET ME CORRECT THE TYPOS AT THE END OF MY LENGTHY MESSAGE

I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT AS A GROUP YOU HAVE?DECISIONS? TO MAKE

I don't think we should gamble with a manual relay to control antenna. Someone is guaranteed to forget to switch antennas

Do we pay Elecraft the $125+ shipping or do we BUY a competitors unit for $200.
YOU DECDE ON WHICH WAY TO GO AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT and if you can contribute

Which unit do we buy
and which of you is going to help pay for it.

The remote is back on line without 80 meters

RSVP? RSVP? RSVP
Re: This is not my day...READ ON

Keith Martin
 

All,

I believe the U-4 chip was defective and should be a 100% warranty repair.
The IUCN5891A chip wouldn't even work if it was installed reversed.

Ground to Out 4
Clock to Out 3
Serial Data In to Out 5
Strobe to Out 1
Out 1 to Strobe
Out 2 to?Serial Data In
Out 3 to Clock
Out 4 to Ground
Out 5 to Serial Data Out
Out 6 to Logic Supply
Out 7 to Output Enable
Out 8 to Load Supply
Load Supply to Out 8
Output Enable to Out 7
Logic Supply to Out 6
Serial Data Out to Out 5

I DON'T THINK SO!

Keith - KA6ASJ

IC, UCN5891A.jpg

CORRECTION

 

PLEASE LET ME CORRECT THE TYPOS AT THE END OF MY LENGTHY MESSAGE

I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT AS A GROUP YOU HAVE?DECISIONS? TO MAKE

I don't think we should gamble with a manual relay to control antenna. Someone is guaranteed to forget to switch antennas

Do we pay Elecraft the $125+ shipping or do we BUY a competitors unit for $200.
YOU DECDE ON WHICH WAY TO GO AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT and if you can contribute

Which unit do we buy
and which of you is going to help pay for it.

The remote is back on line without 80 meters

RSVP? RSVP? RSVP
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This is not my day...READ ON

 

As a group, you have a decision to make.? But first, a little background.
In order to make our antenna switching automatic and fool-proof I felt we had to take it off the manual ADR2200 relay where you have to switch to the correct antenna. If the correct antenna is not selected our $6,000 KPA1500 will suffer damage from the extreme SWR.? It was a choice of spending? almost $200 on a band select switch or $6,000 on an amp.? EASY CHOICE.
I have been happy with our Elecraft K3S/KPA1500 combination and Elecraft had the KRC-2 kit.? I bought one.
George, W3AB, did a professional job building the kit for us at no charge.
I put the KRC-2 on line, but it was not stable.? When we switched to the 80 meter antenna the unit often went to 20 meters.
In troubleshooting the KRC it was obvious it worked on all bands except 160-40.? Those bands were controlled by IC-4.
I called Elecraft, explaining the problem, and since it was only a couple of weeks old, ,it would be a warranty repair.? Wrong

Read this email I sent to Eric
Eric at I got another call from Vic informing me that my KRC-2 has been repaired.

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At first he agreed with my theory that U-4 had failed.

Then he emailed stating that one of the lines was being held high and more research was needed.

Then, the first time he called this morning, he said he was going to have to bring someone in to help.

He just called again saying my KRC-2 was repaired and the problem was he had plugged the processor in upside-down.

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I thanked he for his hard work and asked what is next. He said they will write up the invoice. I asked what the charge is and he said ¡°two hours¡­$200¡± I said I was told it would be a warranty repair. He responded ¡°Eric says no on KRC-2 repairs¡±

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Eric, $200 is more than I paid for the device and it is not my fault the processor was plugged in upside-down.

While I truly love the Elecraft station I have and promote Elecraft often and via my homepage.

I ?am very unhappy with your decision relative to a warranty repair.? The kit was professionally built by George, W3AB, whom you know.

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Here is the message I got from Elecraft an hour ago:

Hello Keith,

I have confirmed with Eric.
He has agreed to reduce the labor charge to the minimum charge - 1 hour.
He also indicates not a warranty repair.
I have your paperwork here and will generate an invoice?for you.? It will show $125.00 plus return shipping to you in New Mexico.
?

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Regards,
Madelyn Gomez
Elecraft Sales

I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT AS A GROUP YOU HAVE?DECISIONS? TO MAKE

I don't think we should gamble with a manual relay to control antenna.

Do we pay Elecraft the $125 or do we by a competitors unit for $200.
YOU DECDE ON WHICH WAY TO GO AND HOWWE ARE GOING TO PAYTO MSKE.
IN THEMEANTIME, I have taken 80 meters off line to prevent the problem.

Which unit do we buy
and which of you is going to help pay for it.

The remote is back on line without 80 meters

RSVP? RSVP? RSVP
Re: VERY,VERY fast mover

 

EmojiEmojiEmoji


Set it up so you use your phone?
---?
Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side
??
73 de W3AB/GEO ???

http://www.w3ab.org

You can say "over", you can say "out", you just can't say "over and out".


On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 04:04:10 PM PDT, Keith Lamonica, W7DXX <w7dxx@...> wrote:


I was at the grocery store when this MAJOR LIGHTNING event came and went. Too late for me to get home and shutdown the remote. But, after a remote reset we seem to be OK, other than the QRN.
We were lucky this time.

Re: VERY,VERY fast mover

Keith Martin
 

Wish the camera was up to see the storm!


Keith - KA6ASJ

On Jul 22 2020, at 4:04 pm, Keith Lamonica, W7DXX <w7dxx@...> wrote:

I was at the grocery store when this MAJOR LIGHTNING event came and went. Too late for me to get home and shutdown the remote. But, after a remote reset we seem to be OK, other than the QRN.
We were lucky this time.

VERY,VERY fast mover

 

I was at the grocery store when this MAJOR LIGHTNING event came and went. Too late for me to get home and shutdown the remote. But, after a remote reset we seem to be OK, other than the QRN.
We were lucky this time.
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