Builders for Hire
March 20, 2008
Here are some hams who are willing to build K1's and K2's and accessories for others. Some will charge less for those who cannot build a kit themselves due to a disability, etc. All are friendly and helpful people who really enjoy building!
It is assumed that kits built for you will be for your own personal use, not for
resale, unless specifically agreed to between builder and buyer.
Note to buyers: Elecraft can't officially vouch for the skills or guarantee the work of those listed below, but most are experienced builders.
Your agreement for building your K1 or K2 is with the builder and not with Elecraft. Please contact them for more information and references.
Note to builders: We suggest that you charge a
reasonable fee for kit construction--this will acknowledge your effort and affirm the buyer's
sincerity. Of course you can build for little or no fee if you wish, but give this gift of your time wisely. (Elecraft cannot provide assurances that
a particular buyer is likely to be acting in good faith.)
If you would like to be added to or removed from this list, if you find that an email is incorrect for any of those listed
below, please email
us. (Please note that we have changed our builder's email address due
to SPAM overload.)
International:
| Australia: | Adrian Hatherley | VK3LK | vk3lk@hotmail.com |
| Austria: | Hermann Eckel | OE2HEM | eckel@aon.at
Will build for disabled & older hams |
| Brazil: | Hilton Uchoa | PY1BVG | py1bvg@yahoo.com.br |
| Canada: | Dave Raycroft | VA3RJ | va3rj@rac.ca
Toronto, ON
Retired electronic technician. Has all the tools necessary to do a
professional job. Have been a ham for 38 years, built many Heathkits and homebrew shack accessories. Ran my own business of design and
manufacture of professional video products. Will build for a modest fee. |
| Michael Beaveridge | VE7YXX, VE7AQS | tabaliah@qso.ca
See also: http://www.qso.ca/tabaliah/ |
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| Cheryl Johnson | VE5CJ | cheryl_jsk@yahoo.com | |
| Wm Vanderboer | VE7CJV |
Vancouver, BC |
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| China: | Xu | BD2RH | bd2rh@21cn.com
Will build for free. |
| Germany: | Walter Barteczek | DK8KV | DK8KV@online.de
( email addr)
Many K2s and K1s built. |
| Marcus Busch | DL1EKC | DL1EKC@Genion.de | |
| Dietrich Morgenstern | DJ1VA | MorgenstrnD@AOL.com | |
| Jochen Wittmann | jwguetersloh@t-online.de
Experienced Builder |
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| Greece: | Kostas Vassiliadis |
kmvas@tellas.gr
Experienced Builder. Retired electronic engineer and a ham for 40 years. Will build for a nominal fee (Greece and Europe). |
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| Hong Kong: | Johnny Siu |
VR2XMC |
vr2xmc@arrl.net Hong Kong Will build for a reasonable fee. |
| Netherlands: | David Reid | PA3HBB / G0BZF |
Will build for free. |
| Gerard Provoost | PA1GP |
pa1gp@arrl.net
Will build for free. I recently finished building my K2 # 4536 and it was as in the old days, I loved it! |
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| Puerto Rico: | Rene A. Cuevas | KP4BDD | rcuevas1942@prtc.net |
| Spain: | Jabi Aguirre | EA2ARU | ea2aru@euskalnet.net
(email addr )
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| Jose Gavila | EB5AGV, EC5AAU | eb5agv@amsat.org
Notes: will build for free |
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| Vicenç Llario |
EA3ADV | ea3adv@arrl.net
or ea3adv@eic.ictnet.es
Will build for disabled or old hams for free. Will build for others for a small fee. |
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| Switzerland: |
Reto Meyer Reto Ziswiler |
HB9TRT HB9JBL |
hb9trt@uska.ch and hb9jbl@zisi.ch We build as a team. Both have experience building K2s and other Elecraft options. |
| Tom Hoedjes | HB9DOD | AL0L@arrl.net | |
| U.K.: | Mike Waterfall | G8NXD | mike@corn2.freeserve.co.uk |
| Venezuela: | Alex Rosenberg | http://repetidor.com/contacto2.html
Caracas. 25+ years experience in radiocom, build many Heathkits, projects from magazines, and my own designs. Excellent solder skills, very experienced builder, well equipped bench. |
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United States:
| Michael Trager | N2ZDB |
mtrager1@mi-connection.com |
Electrical Engineer with over 15 years experience. Will build any kit for a reasonable fee. |
| Karl Anderson | NM7N | NM7N@arrl.net | Beaverton, OR.
Amateur since 1974. Experienced builder. Will build for disabled and
older hams FREE. Will build for others at very reasonable fees.
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| Alan Wilcox | W3DVX | alan@wilcoxengineering.com | Williamsport, PA. W3DVX since 1955; Amateur Extra since 1957.
Built dozens of Heathkits and many K2s. Electrical Engineer (computer h/w & s/w)In
addition to building new kits, will finish kits for you if you need help.
Reasonable rates. |
| Alan Price | W1HYV | w1hyv@arrl.net | Will build for disabled & older hams for free. Has built 150+ K2s, plus K1s, KX1s etc. |
| Randy Allen | N4TVC | N4TVC@verizon.net | Northern Virginia. Will build for disabled & older hams for free. |
| Don Brown | KD5NDB | DolfinDon@msn.com | Texas. Will build, align or repair K1 or K2 kits for a modest price. Has built 2 K1s and 13 K2s plus all options. Very well equipped lab for alignment including spectrum analyzer to 1.2Ghz. |
| Paul Evans | W4/VP9KF | elecraft@sciencetechnologyconsultants.com | See also:
http://sciencetechnologyconsultants.com/elecraft.htm Amateur of 32 years and has built many Heathkits. Professionally has been a Microwave design engineer. |
| Jerry McCarthy | WA2DKG | wa2dkg@earthlink.net | Has built more than 30 Elecraft units...Certified solderer with 30 years experience in aerospace industry...Will build for free. |
| Stephen D. Cohen | NF4X | steve@uscohens.com | In FL. K2 Field Tester. Will also do K2 calibrations for a small fee. (Ex. N3OIE) |
| Don Wilhelm | W3FPR | w3fpr@arrl.net | Will build for disabled & older hams for FREE Will build for others for small fee. North Carolina |
| Fred Maas | KT5X | kt5x@cnsp.com | |
| Geoff Burns | N1GQV | andrea.burns@verizon.net | Experienced builder. Ham since 1976. Will build for disabled & older hams for FREE or a small fee. Florida. |
| Kambiz Malekpour | KD7HIQ | KambizM@msn.com | Electrical Engineer with over twenty years hands-on experience. Will build K1’s and K2’s for a small fee. For the disabled HAM at no charge. |
| Ron Milione | KB2UAN | ronald.milione@ca.com or | Will build for disabled & older hams for FREE Will build for others for small fee. NY |
| Tim Nudd | KF4YOO | tnudd@juno.com or | Will build for disabled & older hams for FREE Will build for others for small fee. |
| Matt Gilbert | K8KDR | k8kdr@arrl.net | Will build for disabled & older hams for FREE Will build for others for small fee. Columbus, OH |
| Brian Cieslak | K9WIS (was AE9K) | k9wis@arrl.net | Will build for disabled & older hams for FREE |
| Scott | KF6VIH | kf6vih@netzero.net | Will build and trouble shoot K2 for very reasonable fee. Free for handicap |
| Ken Evans | W4DU | w4du@arrl.net | Will build for disabled & older hams |
| Jim Hill | W4PDZ | ANjm63@aol.com | Will build K1 or KX1 kits for a modest price. (Not K2 kits) |
| Doug Shields | W4DAS | w4das@arrl.net | Special consideration for visually handicapped
hams.
QTH: Stuart, Florida |
| Barry Anderson | K3SUI | k3sui@arrl.net | Will build for disabled & older hams for FREE. Frederick, Md. |
| James Roberts | KA9TII | musicman@urx.com | Fees' vary from free to disabled and elderly and up |
| Andrew Madsen | AC7CF | ac7cf@qsl.net http://www.qsl.net/ac7cf | Will build for disabled & older hams for FREE.
QTH: Salt Lake City, UT |
| Andy Meng | N8MX | kc8kfi@yahoo.com | Has also modified his K2 for bicycle mobile.. OH |
| Barry Bridges | N4UYK | barstow@shelby.net | Will finish kits for small fee |
| Phil Barnes-Roberts | AD6PQ | pbarnrob@acm.org (new addr.) | Reasonable charges.; Southern CA |
| Chuck Bruckelmeyer | W8LCT | cjb@ameritech.net | |
| Michael Wyman | W1DRY | W1DRY@dancris.com | AZ; K2 Field Tester |
| Jerry McCollom | WØMC | w0mc@hotmail.com | |
| Skip Davis | NC9O | skipnc9o@yahoo.com | |
| Michael S. Fisher | WT9W | wt9w@netnitco.net | |
| Steve Bornstein | K8IDN | SABorns@aol.com | |
| Philip Carter | WD8QWR | wd8qwr@arrl.net (new addr.) | |
| Al Dawkins | KØFRP | alk0frp@attbi.com | |
| Ron A. Hensel | K9ZE | k9ze@aol.com | |
| Paul Webb | K5HKX | bpwebb@earthlink.net | Licensed amateur for 50 years. Novice at age 13 with call KN5HKX. Will build K2s and K1s for a very reasonable fee. Will build for free for disabled unable to build for themselves. Clute, TX |
| Jim Fowler | KA1SU | jim@QMRadio.com | Been a ham since 1958. Retired now so have plenty of time to build equipment. Standard and Vacuum Solder/Desolder equipment (Weller) for IC's and discrete components. Bow, NH |