Silent key is a term of respect for a deceased Amateur Radio operator. The term originated with telegraph operators and continued with early wireless and then Amateur Radio operators. The term SK is used in telegraphy to indicate an end of transmission.
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Below is the Club Silent Keys List as of August 08, 2020
David K Allin, N2TVR | Frank A Andrews, W2STW | Joseph James Anlage, W2PH |
Robert A Anstatt, WB2CPL | Mark (Buz) L Anthony, WA2WFZ | Francis S Applegate Jr, N3DOM |
Lawrence P Archut Sr, K2LMN | Joseph A Arsenault, WA2KDV | Walton T Ashton Jr, WB2OYQ |
William R Bachman, WA2VEE | Philip M Bakanowsky, WB2ONS | Robert W Baker, WB2SCK |
Henry (Hank) W Basch, N2DJN | Burris W Bauer | O Earl Bende, W2USG |
August J Bendler, W2GUS | Dr Margaret (Peg) Bergin, K2INQ | Frederick W Bergmann, WB2BPX |
Paul H Bergstrom, N2GIB | Harold B Berry Sr, WA2QOY | Alfred L Bestwick, N2BTN |
Jesse Bieberman, W3KT | Barbara Bielecki, N2SBP | Rose Ellen Bills, N2RE |
Willis (Bill) G Bills, W2CDZ | William C Blakeley, WA2ADB | John M Bokoles, W2KI |
Janice Bond, KA2CQX | Joseph Hartley Bowen Jr, KD2AE | Jack E Bowen Sr, WB2WKV |
Marla Rosenberg Bozarth, N2DWR | Sidney H Bozarth, WB2YHX | James Joseph Bray Sr, N2AKI |
Joshua J Brehm Sr, AE2 | LEdward D Bubelis, N2LCN | Raymond Buirch, KB2BIG |
Charles Bunty, N2LMB | Emil P Busko Sr, WB2EOR | Peter N Butler, WB2B |
Vernon H Byrd, N2DRD | Paul E Callaghan Jr, WB4FVY | Wallace F Cantoni, W2HVW |
Paul D Carr, KB2TKV | Earl P Carter, HC2EP | Howard B Carter, WA2OVQ |
Richard B Carter, WA2OLS | James Casto Sr, N2IMH | Stanley E Christman, KB2DW |
Francis R Ciancaglini, K2JLY | Benedetto (Benny) L Ciavatta, K2CDH | Stuart (Stu) C Cleveland, N2WUP |
Wayne (Cliff) W Clifford, N2FX | John A Cliver III, N2NLE | Charles L Coder, WA2UHQ |
Gurdon (Coop) E Cooper, AA4N | Daniel J Coursey, WA2ZTY | Mary Kate Coursey, WA2VRR |
Frederick L Cowgill, WB2GEK | Thomas F Cusack, KC2THO | Daniel Damiano, KC2ELC |
Richard E Deane Sr, KA2BNJ | Sandra L Deluca, KG2MM | Thomas (Tad) A Deuber, W2CKX |
Robert T Dickson, N2AJR | Frank J Di Santo Jr, N2RHT | Ralph W Ditore, K2KIT |
Howard J Dodson, K2HJD | Willard T Dolby, K2OHX | James A Doms, N2ATC |
Keith T Drake Sr, KB2YBR | Bertha Farr Eggert, WA4BMC | Edward R Egolf, WA2ZMS |
Charles F Emmel Sr, KT2ZZ | Joseph H Everhart, N2CX | John Joseph Fahey, WB2ONY |
Raymond R Falk, N2ASX | Glenn B Farnsworth, K2EHM | Larry L Ferrari, WA2MKI |
Steven W Fidler III, N2GVR | John M Fisher Jr, K2JF | Richard O Fitch, WA2YLC |
Ernest S Fox, K2JWN | Milton X Frantz Jr, K2MXF | Elwood (Woody) C Frantz Sr, K4HKU |
Michael J Franzen Sr, WB2UBU | Paul G Fredricks, K2FI | Gerald Friedman, KB2DHQH |
Hyman M Friend, KB2GH | Vincent C Gadzinski, WB2VN | Sidney Gantz, WB2JRU |
Ernest L Garside, WA2TDI | Douglas G Gehring, WA2NPD | Ray Gianchetti, WA2CUB |
Ernest M Gigliobianco, KB2AB | Harry Lyn Gindhart, KE3SN | Russel W Glans, N2ASV |
George O Gogstad, KB2GTM | Arthur R Goldman, K3WIN | Milton L Goldman, K3WIL |
Thomas H Gordon Sr, KB2GI | Wesley F Gosbin Jr, KB2IRK | Dr Charles S Greene, W2CPI |
Robert E Grimmer Sr, KN2QWO | Irving (Sonny) Gutin, WB2DXB | Richard H Hackett, AA2RK |
George W Hankins, N2CFW | William P Hansche Jr, W2IL | Norman Harbison Jr, K2NH |
Richard A Harkins, N3RYO | Ralph M Harris Jr, WA2DYO | William H Helmetag, WA2VQG |
Ronald W Hermann, KC3FRE | Raymond F Herrmann, N2AEP | Howard F Hirst Jr, K2QGH |
Seth L Horen, K1LOM | Robert J C Houck Jr, K2JOL | William W Hunsinger, KB2YJB |
Rodolphe D Jalbert, WA2UWU | Charles H Jenkins III, W2OGZ | Leon A Jones, KC2AAA |
Louis D Joseph, W2LYL | Edwin T Kephart, W2SPV | Francis (Frank) H King, WA2WGA |
William E King, N2STQ | Rev Stanley E Kloskowski, WA2IPX | James A Klupar, KB8WX |
John (Jack) H Koch Jr, K2CR | Leonard J Kravitz, KD2CR | Miriam Kravitz, KB2EUA |
John Kull, WB2GKH | Edmund W Kwiatkowski, K2QOK | John F Lachenmayer, KB2RGX |
James A Langworthy, KB2PAU | Harry J Lauer, N3ISO |
Dr John J Laurusonis, WA2IVZ | Fred R Layton, WB2LTV | John (Jack) L Layton, W9UK |
Robert L Layton, KB2COB | Edward C Leibfarth, WA4AEX | Helmut C Leibfarth, WA2LTY |
William Lewitt, N2NLK | John J Logan Jr, KB2VSE | Jose Lopez Jr, WB2OZE |
Harold Vaughn Lowther, N2EJN | Everett J Maddox Sr, K2AEI | Francis (Frank) M Malinowski Sr, KE2NY |
Alfred Russell Marcy, W4ID | Milton Marder, WA2FGA | John H Marshall, KB2RGR |
Robert R Marshall, N2BDH | Malcolm T Mason, W2MMD | Harold (Bud) M Mathis, NJ2C |
Harry I Mathis, K2RRX | Robert L Matteson, NY2N | Eleanor I Mattison, N2JXS |
Philip F Mattison, WA2WOD | Lee Mattson, KC2PO | James C Mauro, WA2DNL |
Thomas R McCormick, WA2OZH | Harry E McCormick Sr, WA2SEA | James J McDonald Sr, N2AIV |
Albert Miller, KB2YDX | Joseph F Mitchell, KB2FRN | James M Mollica Jr, K2OWE |
James M Mollica Sr, K2OWE | James A Montagno, N2WHY | Jerome E Morrison, KF2ZA |
George W Munns Jr, KB2GW | Richard C Munyan Sr, W2RCM | Anthony N Musero, K3UKW |
Whitney H Myers, KB2ZTL | Charles A Naylor, W2CAN | Robert F Newhart, AA5AH |
Kenneth D Newman, N2CQ | Mario A Nicosia, WB3KAG | Tadeusz Niziol, N2BDC |
Thomas D Oakman, WV8TDO | John (Jack) W Oberst, W2TLO | William J O'Donnell Sr, NT2N |
Martin P O'Grady, N2FPO | Bruce Gill Painter, N2ASN | Steven Pakyz, W2PZX |
Della M Parker, W2AFZ | Lewis W Parker, N2LZS | Albert (Dick) F Peacock, K2MLS |
James Peck, W2LVW | Haywood Pelley, WA2EVK | Charles F Pennington, K3NMF |
Harry N Perry, WA2IAZ | Roy (Bud) P Peterson Jr, K2GHZ | Ralph E (Pappy) Ralls Sr, WA2CVW |
David J Riker, WA2KOH | Frank J Ritter, K2UUY | Arthur (Robbie) L Roberts, W2UNI |
Albert F Roche, K2HHJ | Leonard Rosen, N2LR | Samuel L Rosenberg, N2DWK |
Emmett W Ross, WA2ZND | Conrad M Salati, N2HTS | Alfred B Sampson Sr, N2ASR |
James J Scannell Jr, KB2GTT | Michael A Scanzello | Lawrence Scarpa Jr, K1ON |
Paul J Scarpa Sr, W2HSE | Raymond G Schnapp, WB2NBJ | Joseph G Schneider, KB2SVJ |
Herbert L Schuler, K2HPV | Salvatore J Scibilia, WA2LKF | John S Seaton Sr, KB2RXQ |
Donald A Seibert, N2MOO |
William Shaw, WB2PVI | Jean A Shisler, N2WRJ | Horace W Simpson, W2JOZ |
Charles E Sketchley, K2PQD | Francis (Bud) H Snyder, WB2TKN | Harry W Spiece, NJ2B |
Russell Dean Stafford, W3CH | Harold R Steelman, W2BZI | John (Jack) E Sterner, W2GQK |
Edwin S Stetser Sr, K2JJC | George C Stuart, K2SOL | John H Stull Jr, N2SI |
Melvyn I Sulzburgh, W2NM | Edward J Sumek, W2GSN | John J Sutocky, KB2GL |
James K Swyler, WB2LEL | Gerbert Telling, N2IZM | Rev James E Thompson III, N2EDK |
Paul Thomson, WA2PGJ | Walter (Don) Donald Thomson, WA2TSG | Alan R Trueblood, N2FJQ |
Hugh A Turnbull, W3ABC | William C Uhland, K4IDJ | Wallace A Utley, W2CB |
Vernon H Van Meter, WD4IVU | Frank Van Turner, K3JM | Henry M Vandenberg, N2SBV |
Edward H Vickner Jr, K2ZE | Francis (Gene) E Wallace Jr, N2IMK | Paul R Walton, W2YNR |
Edward A Wargo, WA2ED | Preston B Weil, WA2TSZ | Charles Craig Weiler, KA2OSW |
John (Jack) N White, WA2MEM | Norman Williams, W2SPN | Edward E Wilson, WA2SXC |
Harry A Wolf, KC2THV | Lester J Wolf, W2OM | Wayne (Shorty) B Wood, W2SUA |
Raymond W Wrzeszczynski, N2SXO | William Wyatt, N2WIB | Noboru Yamasaki, WA2WPZ |
John J Yeager Jr, N2PKF | John A Zaruba Sr, K2ZA | Alvin M Zipkin, KZ2N |