Silent Keys
My chair is
sitting empty. My call's no
longer heard.
My radio
rests quietly. From it comes no word.
On my shack
door is a message, that reads
"From Me to Thee."
My
frequency's much higher now. I've become
a Silent Key.
Judy
Hudson
KC9CCJ
(SK) is short
for Silent Key
,
which in
Amateur Radio
culture
connotes a ham whose radiotelegraph key is silenced and will never
again be heard over the air because he or she has passed away. And
although the use of radiotelegraph keys is not as
common as it once was, the tradition continues for all ham radio
operators.
Whenever you see someone’s name or callsign with (SK) following, it
means that
ham has died.
Although not all
Blackberry REACT members have been amateur radio licensees, all have
followed the tradition of service to their community. On this page, we
remember and honor those members who have passed away.
- Jim Galbreath, (SK)
- Barbara Lugn, (SK)
- Tomas Jones, (SK)
- William Smith, Sr., KE6CHQ, (SK)
- Ken Della Santina, KAE8139, (SK)
- Gerald 'Jerry' Haag, K6GAC, (SK)