I just got word from Bill, K3JPB that Fred, W3PHL died on Friday, March 30, 2007. It's hard to believe that Fred was so far up in years. I remember him as 40ish, but of course that was from around 1972. Fred was quite the big-audio AM operator in his day. I'm sure many have seen the pictures of his famous rig. Most unfortunate news. Bacon, WA3WDR