It is with immense sadness that I share with you the passing of our dear friend Fred Laun K3ZO. Fred passed away this evening. It was Fred's desire to not have any formal funeral or ceremony. Certain
This is very sad news indeed. We have lost a great ham and contester. I have many fond memories of Fred, dating back decades. I worked with one of his buddies from Thailand, HS1BS, at a company in Sa
The above statement sums it up perfectly. I never heard K3ZO frantically running stations at 40 wpm but was always amazed and impressed with the end result. I just expressed that exact sentiment wit
Author: K3TN via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 12:25:39 +0000 (UTC)
The PVRC February newsletter will have a tribute to Fred, if you have any memories or photos of you with Fred send them to jpescatore at aol dot com and I'd be glad to include them. If you didn't kno
Like many of you, I have Fred in my VHF&HF logs countless times going back decades. On (non contest) 6m Es openings we would often have a short QSO either on SSB or CW, so when there was an HF contes
I first met Fred at the University of Wisconsin in the late '50's when I joined the Badger Amateur Radio Society, W9YT, which had recently experienced its "Second Coming <https://w9yt.rso.engr.wisc.e
Every ham radio operator active on the past 5 decades or more had been touched by Fred's kindness somehow. My first contact happened when I was 12. He answered my slow CQ, as he knew it was my first
K3ZO I have to speak out personally upon news of the passing of Fred K3ZO. Lovingly married to a wonderful Thai lady who passed before him, I like to think of Fred and she walking arm and arm, now to
ZOs are a special breed no doubt. Unfortunately not immortal. RIP OM Fred. Apart from showing up in my log 274 times over the course of 20 years, Ill always remember Fred K3ZO because: - He was alway