Traditionally, the "Silent Keys" section of an amateur publication is limited to a one-liner with the ham operators call sign and perhaps the last station location of their hamshack. 

We would like to contribute a little more to our founders and fellow members of our radio club. We believe a more permanent recognition is in order for members of the HAM Community we've been fortunate to come to know from hours spent on the airwaves, doing public services in times of need and being there When All Else Fails.

 

FOUNDING MEMBERS
Jack Edwards KL7ABT 1917 - 1979	Dave Fulton KL7AGU* 1914 - 1995	Harold Hitchins KL7PG* 1915 - 2006	August 'Augie' Hiebert KL7PQ 1916 - 2007
Vern Huffman KL7SU* 1906 - 1974	Glen Jefferson KL7NT 1905 - 1973	Carl Meeks KL7SX 1914 - 1997	Clark H.'Pappy' Moore KL7CP 1905 - 1961
Charles Sappah KL7PJ* 1918 - 2004	Jack Walden KL7BK*	Charley Wier KL7HG	Woody Welling KL7MS

*QCWA Members

Here is the start of the AARC memorial with images, news articles and sound files containing recordings made over the years. We hope the voices and pictures of our departed friends will be a melancholy but pleasant reminiscence.

Please consider sending along any news articles, tapes and images to our club historian to esnure our club history is preserved through recognition of our members. 

While it is impossible to list every member who has every joined the AARC, we hope to post those who played a significant role for the radio club and for amateur radio operations in Alaska.  Old membership rosters are provided for reference.

 

QCWA AARC Silent Keys
Geraldine Baker KL7ALZ 1944 - 2009	Kenny Kostler KC7KT (ex KL7BZO)	Ted Cadman KL7CCI 1922 - 2007	Lucille 'Lucy' Hilpert KL7LH 1924 - 2006
Earl Plumb KL7EQX 1915 - 2008	Mary Olendorf KL7BJD 1915 - 1995	Sandy Olendorf KL7CAH
Herman Hermann KL7AS	Harold DeVoe KL7MF 1908 - 1988	Delbert Hanrath KL7JKW 1923 - 1993
Jack Reich KL7AUV	Leroy James Davie KL7CUK 1911 - 1989	Roy Gould KL4T 1908 - 2001
Edward Holmes KL7HFX	Joseph Paquette KL7J	John Trent KL7DG 1918 - 2003
John (Mac) McQueen KL7AVX	John Bierman KL7GNP 1921 - 2003	Robert Hisamoto KL7AM 1908 - 2003
Dave Tucker KL7AR	John Manley KL7JR	Gene West KL7BW
Allen Bianco KL7FKO 1931 - 1987

Life Members of AARC as well as QCWA Members

If you have any photos or QSL cards of any of the ham operators listed, please feel free to email us a copy to ensure we recognize each member.  Operators without links posted we are still looking for photos of.

AARC LIFE MEMBERS
Dell Wolfington KL7EKB 1927 - 1993	Albert Hayes KL7HHR 1925 - 2007	Walter Burkevich KL7IW 1926 - 1996	Harley Steward KL7IZZ 1925 - 2001
Judy Ramage WL7DX 1945 - 2007	M. Neal Fredstrom KL7HKP 1931 - 2003	Orville Gilbert KL7IZL 1927 - 2005	Reed McKinney KL7MJ 1931 - 1999
Betty Mallay KL7AP 1945 - 2007	Claude 'Bud' Laws KL7IBZ 1925 - 2007	T. Stanton Wilson KL7KU 1915 - 1997	Martha Neely KL7QS 1936 - 2007
Fred Kletka KL7SE 1930 - 2003	Alfred Giebel KL7TO 1946 - 2007	Bob Farkas KL7TP 1927 - 1997	Timothy Pettis KL7WE 1942 - 1996
Guy Rossini NL7AD 1928 - 2002	John Shull Sr. W4IGM 1922 - 2001	Terry Preston WL7TY 1929 - 2002	Audley Everett Bensen NL7EY 1912 - 1993
Mark Kelliher KL7TQ 1942 - 2010			William 'Bill' Harris WL7AFN 1931 - 2007

If there is anyone you feel should be added to the list below who has not been recognized please feel free to send any information you may have about them and their station.  Old QSL cards are welcome as they do say alot about our operators.  

GENERAL MEMBERS
Grace Dillon KL7DLA	Logan Groomer KL7EKI	Fred Healy KL7AZH	Bob Page KL7HIU 1920 - 2001	Allen Turner KL7GU 1918 - 2001
Dell Wolfington KL7EKB 1927 - 1993	Palmer Forsmoe W0VWJ (Ex-KL7APV) 1910 - 1995	Kermit Seifert KL7BTP	Marjorie Page KL7GLU 1924 - 2003	George Sharrock NB4U 1910 - 2005
Phillip Mannie KL0QW 1945 - 2007	Roger Gollub WB0CMZ 1945 - 2007	Jasper Heath KL7MD	Emitt Soldin KL7ANV 1924 - 2002	John J. Jones (JJ) NL7A 1933 - 2004
Frank Hurlbut KL7FH 1945 - 2007	Cardell Pagh NL7ZB 1935 - 1994	Marna Martin NL7WT 1928 - 2002	Benjamin Walters KL7GBC 1934 - 2006	Dianne Hammer NL7KN 1949 - 2005
Fred Toliver KL7HM 1942 - 2004	Dennis Curman KL7IU 1942 - 1997	Mike Barbarick KL1IXT 1943 - 2005	Richard 'Dick' Atwood KL7B 1933 - 2002	Ellen Paneok WL7AUT 1959 - 2008
Keith Fenrich N5FYW 1948 - 1996	Peter G. Bailey WL7BW 1943 - 2003	Foster Leng KL0DU 1924 - 2000	Nathan O. Smith KL7DJE 1920 - 2002	Michael R. Borer WL7CKB 1951 - 2004
Keith Fenrich N5FYW 1948 - 1996	Rick Knox KL7IZC 1953 - 2010		Gilbert 'GIL' Jones WL7EC 1940 - 2001