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


BILL ANDERSONKT5G
JERRY BARTLEYWA5ETE
HOWARD BENTLEYW5EBO
JOEL BLANKENSHIPW5NUB
G.B. BROCKW5CBS
GIL BROXSONWA5FDL
BANKS CAMPBELLN5BKT
ALEXANDER CLARKEW5BFI
JEROME CODDINGTONN5HXW
R.G. "BOB" EDGERTONW5MVC
H.R. "RAY" EPPSW5QGR
HUGH EUDYW5KBW
HOMER T. FORTWB5IKX
JIM GALLOWAYW5FED
W.G. "PAPPY" HADLEYWA5BYH
HOYT HANDLEYN5XXP
RALPH HUGGINSN5EUM
JIM JEFFREYWA5QMJ
RAY LAVERICKW5BSM
LES LONGW5HJE
PANSY LOPERKD5HTR
BOB LOWERYW5KGX
GEORGE MARTINK5ODH
JANIE MARTINN5HXV
TOMMY MARTIN, JR.KC5DAD
BILL MEWHORTERN5QB / WB5PHS
FRANK MEYERWB5AHS
BOB MILLERW5AMU
ROBERT MIMSAD5N
DINO PARENTIK5IAG
FLOYD PHILLIPSN5XXG
BILLY RAY POEWZ5E
JOHN PONDERK5PQK
WALT PUTNAMW5DB
VERNON QUALLSW5BAJ
WAYNE ROBINSONKE5FE
RANDY RUBINW5SML
RUDY RUBINW5GGC
BRYANT SAXONKD5C
J.R. SEARLESW5SMJ
TOMMY SEAWRIGHTWA5WQC
BILL SHIELDSW5SUP
MARK SMITHW5MDS
W.C. SNYDERW5IPH
MAXINE TORRANSW5VSN
CHARLES VERTREESWA5UHH
NORM WALKERW5GOS
JAMES C. WASHBURNN5CLR
CALVIN WHITEK5VLN
OMER A. WICKMANK5ZIS
JOHN WILDERWA5PFK
BUCK WILLIFORDW5LKL
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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