Oh, no. Fred, is someone I've worked and met for many years. I worked him just a few weeks ago in a contest. A great ambassador for Amateur Radio. He did a lot of positive things for individuals. And as Ria said, Fred was in ARRL's corner! This is such sad news. Rick - K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Jairam, Ria, N2RJ (Dir, HD) <n2rj@arrl.org> To: arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sat, Dec 31, 2022 8:03 am Subject: [arrl-odv:34427] Fred Laun, K3ZO Fred has been in ICU for over a week and today I was told that he's being taken off life support. Fred was not only an avid contester but also a U.S. information officer for many years. He famously suffered at the hands of Argentinian Marxist Guerillas after being accused of being a spy due to his ham radio equipment and antennas (David Sidall talked about this a few months ago) in an attempted kidnapping. He is a good friend and supporter of ARRL. Read an article from NCJ about him: https://ncjweb.com/features/sepoct15feat.pdf The spy accusation: http://shortwavescatter.blogspot.com/2010/03/radio-hobbyist-or-cia-spy-1974.... 73RiaN2RJ_______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv