May he rest in peace. I don’t go back nearly as far as many others do but he was a strong supporter of contesting, amateur radio, ARRL and of me, personally. His friend and colleague, and one of my assistant directors, John Gagen W2YR spoke highly of him, especially related to their many travels with other friends and colleagues to Thailand. Champ E21EIC was also close friends with him. Fred had friends all over and he was truly an ambassador for our hobby. Ria ________________________________ From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> on behalf of david davidsiddall-law.com <david@davidsiddall-law.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 8:09:49 PM To: arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> Cc: Norton, Richard N6AA (Dir, SW) <n6aa@arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:34438] Passing of Fred Laun, K3ZO ODV, I am very sad to forward the news below. Fred and I chose our callsigns together when I was his tenant while in law school. My call “is just a dit” from his call. 73 in mourning, Dave K3ZJ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ken Claerbout <kenk4zw@gmail.com<mailto:kenk4zw@gmail.com>> Date: Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 7:34 PM Subject: [PVRC] Alfred A Laun, III K3ZO SK It is with immense sadness that I share with you the passing of our dear friend Fred Laun K3ZO. Fred passed away this evening at 7:03 PM. Fred became ill on December 15 and was transported from his home to Inova Fairfax Hospital on the 18th. His condition worsened as time progressed. He was battling an infection and COVID. It was Fred's desire to not have any formal funeral or ceremony. Certainly the club will want to recognize him and celebrate a ham radio icon at a later date. We knew this day would eventually come. It doesn't make it any easier. There was just something about tuning the bands during a contest and hearing K3ZO. You knew everything was right with the ham radio world. RIP OM. You were one of a kind! 73 Ken K4ZW _________________________ David R. Siddall Managing Partner DS Law, PLLC 1629 K St. NW, Ste 300 Washington, DC 20006 direct: +1 202 559 4690 Unauthorized Disclosure Prohibited. This e-mail is intended solely for the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary, confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, it is prohibited to disclose, copy, distribute, or use the contents of this email and its attachments. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all electronic and physical copies of the e-mail message and its attachments. Unintended transmission shall not constitute waiver of attorney-client or any other privilege. Thank you.
