Thanks for the thoughtful report on SK K3LP. Dave is seated in that picture with K1IR and KC1CWF. RIP K3LP.
Hemingway defined the Code Hero as "a man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful." To me Dave always seemed to be a morally upstanding version of that, a hero in the Morse code too, and in photos bears an uncanny resemblance to the famous American author / adventurist. GUD DX es 73 K3LP de WØPV ... (dit dit)
More memorials to K3LP on the appropriate Zed thread, link below. Gut wrenching details of the incident recounted in the news media story copied in post #8. I did not realize Dave's family was so large. My heart goes out to them. https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/k3lp.594393/