Silent Keys

Please take a moment to reflect on the following listed area amateurs. Each one, in their own way, has given something special to our hobby and avocation.

Silent Keys in Alphabetical Order

NameCallSK Date
BILL ANDERSONKT5G
PETER BALOGKB5RTL7/29/2019
LES BANNONWF5E1/1/2021
JERRY BARTLEYWA5ETE
DEWEY BAUCUMWB5CDD11/27/2009
HOWARD BENTLEYW5EBO
LES BLALOCKN5KOA11/3/2021
JOEL BLANKENSHIPW5NUB5/4/2014
OTIS BRASFIELD, JRN5LEV9/21/2022
G.B. BROCKW5CBS
BILL BROOKSKE5OG2/24/2020
GIL BROXSONWA5FDL
BANKS CAMPBELLN5BKT1/4/2005
ALEXANDER CLARKEW5BFI
JEROME CODDINGTONN5HXW
JOE DETIVEAUXWA5VYK8/22/2020
JOHN DRISSELKE5MKK2/23/2014
RICHARD DUNHAMW5RDD2/13/2014
R.G. “BOB” EDGERTONW5MVC
H.R. “RAY” EPPSW5QGR
HUGH EUDYW5KBW
TOM FLOYDN5EII
HOMER T. FORTWB5IKX
REYNOLDS LEE FOSTERWD5EPB8/9/2022
JIM GALLOWAYW5FED
JIM GILESW5GBQ
STU HACKENWV6H12/24/2013
W.G. “PAPPY” HADLEYWA5BYH
MICAH HAISLETTW5ABH9/5/2022
HOYT HANDLEYN5XXP
BEVERLEY HARWOODKC5BNT5/29/2016
TED HARWOODW5WTX3/19/2013
CA HILDEBRANDKC5ELQ
TOM HORTONK5IID
RALPH HUGGINSN5EUM
P.K. HURLBUTKF5UY
JIM JEFFREYWA5QMJ
DONALD KELLYKB5QBU
TERRY LAMBDINWV5E4/27/2013
DUSTY LANDKE5TKI8/8/2022
RAY LAVERICKW5BSM
PAUL LAVERTYK5PDL2019
TROY LESLEYKN5M
LES LONGW5HJE
PANSY LOPERKD5HTR5/7/2006
BOB LOWERYW5KGX8/25/2005
GEORGE MARTINK5ODH
JANIE MARTINN5HXV
MITCHELL MARTINWA5ZAP1/31/2020
TOMMY MARTIN, JR.KC5DAD
CARLA MCCARTYNV5R12/30/2018
DON MCCARTYK5CFA2/28/2012
BRYAN MCCLEERYK5YR10/18/2014
LESTER LEE MCRIGHTK5MRC6/20/2013
TOMMY MERRILLKC5WUN6/24/2016
BILL MEWHORTERN5QB / WB5PHS7/27/2003
FRANK MEYERWB5AHS
FRED MICHNAW5WPH
DR. ED MICKLEKE5OB6/13/2015
BOB MILLERW5AMU
ROBERT MIMSAD5N
LARRY MITCHELLN5OKO1/25/2018
MICHAEL NAYLORKF5QKO10/9/2014
MURRAY NEECEK5MDM7/21/2009
ROD NORRISN5XXO12/26/2022
GARY PAINTERK5GWP5/26/2019
HOWARD PALMERWA5ZQX
MIKE PARTUSCHKC5MAI3/9/2023
JOHNNY PAULWA5BGO12/10/2013
DINO PARENTIK5IAG2/15/2007
GEORGE PARKERWB5JLG
FLOYD PHILLIPSN5XXG
BILLY RAY POEWZ5E
JOHN PONDERK5PQK
WALT PUTNAMW5DB
VERNON QUALLSW5BAJ11/2/1982
RAY RANDALLN5MHG8/8/2022
WAYNE REDDINWT5M
PATRICK REPMANKE5HFS11/20/2019
JIM REIDK5KUX7/25/2015
WAYNE ROBINSONKE5FE
REAGAN ROPERN5UNJ
C.A. ROSS, JR.KM5OK8/15/2010
RANDY RUBINW5SML
RUDY RUBINW5GGC
BRYANT SAXONKD5C
RON SCHWISOWKZ5H / W5STC1/4/2020
J.R. SEARLESW5SMJ
TOMMIE SEAWRIGHTWA5WQC11/27/2004
TOMMY SHAPIROKD5SP10/29/2015
BILL SHIELDSW5SUP
C.B. SMITHW5FLA
CLAYTON SMITHN5UNH12/18/2012
MARK SMITHW5MDS10/24/2007
W.C. SNYDERW5IPH
BOB STEVENSK5JXN5/1/2009
MARY ANN STICEWB5IWP6/7/2008
CHARLIE STIGENKE5MBN2/9/2019
MARY LOU TALLEYN5UWQ7/1/2019
STERLING TALLEYWB5G5/25/2019
MAXINE TORRANSW5VSN
CHARLES VERTREESWA5UHH
NORM WALKERW5GOS
WILLIAM WANDSKC5WUP
JAMES C. WASHBURNN5CLR
CALVIN WHITEK5VLN
OMER A. WICKMANK5ZIS
JOHN WILDERWA5PFK
KENNETH WILLIAMSK5JOG2/5/2011
BUCK WILLIFORDW5LKL5/10/2003
PHIL WILSONWB5C
BILL WISEK5VO
LOUIS ZINTERHOFFERW5YX / K5DHV
HIGH FLIGHT
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds…and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of…wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up, the long, delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew.
And while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space…
…put out my hand, and touched the face of God.



Please note from QST: Silent Key reports must confirm the death by one of the following means: a letter or note from a family member, a copy of a newspaper obituary notice, a copy of the death certificate, or a letter from the family lawyer or the executor. Please be sure to include the amateur’s name, address and call sign. Allow several months for the listing to appear in QST Silent Key column.

Memorial contributions may be made to the ARRL Foundation or to ARRL.

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