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The term Silent Key refers to those amateur radio operators who have passed from this earth.  It dates back to to a time when all ham radio communications were performed through the use of a telegraph key used to send Morse code.  It is still used today, always in a respectful and endearing way.

The table below lists our members who are now Silent Keys.  We honor them, their military achievements, and their contributions to aviation, amateur radio and to this club.  

Member No.Call SignName
2WSVXMHarry Balfe
3K3LQQDon Ellis
4W7GNSDon Elton      
5WB5DBob Currier, Md
8KA4YHSJim Lynch       
12W6EZVGen Curtis Lemay
14WB2LXAMario Arronenzi 
23W0FKZLynn Frank  
25KM4MJNick Nickels
26WA4FKEWalt Hobby 
29N4OFCEd Wisowaty      
39KA6GWZBill Poynter
48K0DWCButch Griswold    
51NX5AClem Coggin
54K4WYFBob Hudson  
56W6COJDave Hollander 
59W6ORDNorm Friedman  
63W5FOZRoy Miller  
69W0OUUDale Bush    
79KD6PQRoss Johnson     
84KB6LAIrv Baum      
87K8JNVChuck Peters, Sr
96WD8DIADave Fleming
100W9LKXEd Carnaham       
101W2LFXScutty Scott     
113KA4FHSJack Mitchell      
114W4KJVSonny Williams, Jr.
123W4XBDick Vogel  
125K5OFFAl Denyall 
138N9EENMax Wike     
140KK4TFJohn Brinkman  
143W0BWJCarl Smith  
148W4UXWRandy Counsman
154W4LLAGilbert Geitner  
163WB6AIMHank Veillette    
171W2VHJBill Kelly  
178KA5TVHJohn Hiles   
188W1AXSJulian
191AC4LLJoe Gagliano       
199KB3LSJoe Kroen    
201W5SUPBill Shields 
205W7OWBRoy Brown 
213W6PMEHank Korczak      
219WJ9DBob Quade   
220N2DGEJohn O’Grady      
222W7YOFMel Crain    
230N6GYQJonas Gilman      
233N0EOCDerald Ohlson    
237W9JQABen O’Brien 
241WB4BZWWillard Smith    
250K6CUKBob Hayos
251WD9FLPMelvin Meyer      
253K4GSRSandy Weiss
253W9DLNBob Slack    
255W6ZZXGene Clary  
260W6SMUTed Rast     
263N4GELBud Boice       
269W9KSUWayne Dorris     
272W0LARGeorge Hendricks       
288K8QDYZane Moore 
290N1EKWWalt Allen   
294W5FSPDee Haines   
300WB6GDZWill Galusha       
304N9KJWDan Daniel 
317KF4SPLarry Jones 
320WA0CULFrank Clark
323WB9OMLBud Campbell      
325K4QPXBud Sargent       
330W3UVGEd Cooper   
334W2HLPFred Browning   
343W3HGSInce Homer
346K5RZWRobert Holler    
347K5YVWJohn Littlejohn  
348WB2NDLBernie Grossman 
350W3ZLKIra Groff    
356WA3DBWIke Eichensehr  
357KH6VJCarl Mellberg   
370W3GQTJim Leonard      
371W3EPMWayne Harvey   
373K3HWJArt Sweeney      
374N7DUCPete Hardiman  
377KC3VLMilt Maclasky  
379AB5XBBob Dyer  
384N9SGNGeorge Greenstein   
389W8DRWFran Antinone  
402NX1VEd Schwarm       
405KD6CVVGlenn Lissner    
412KB9SBMel Riddle 
418WB2AZLDon Baldwin     
421WA8WEQJoseph Gabor     
424KT4WFRalph Spears      
435KA3GRSLarry Kwasnick  
436KA6AHYJohn Green  
446W5AADick Brown 
458W3VGRDale Byers
459W5UQJP.D. Jacques      
466K2DUBill De
469N3TJOElmer Showalter      
479W8GGNR.J. Bennett      
489K7AEAAlbert E Anderson
328(unknown)Rodge Rogers
422WA6GYGRob Craik
471K0SEXMelvin D. Amick
506N6DOMCarl Schlieder
282WA0FVXBud Lawrence
517N9INDClaude Sluder
339K1AFOwen Garner
555N8NWHarley Lawrence
538W8KIUEarl Ford
493W0BUWBoyd Van Horn
581KG6KTXJohn "Little John" Chesire
521W9GDHGreg Hammerel
621K7NNVGordon Cole
519WB9JPHJohn Palese
563K5LRSRich Naylor
620K5OHTroy Warren

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