
The headphones lay silently on the desk. The glowing tubes no longer warm the room. No more late nights and early mornings listening for that weak signal. The last DX is in your log. You’ve made many friends along the way, some of which you’ve never met, but you enjoyed their company nonetheless.
It is with fondness that we remember our friends whose keys are now silent.
AA9DX | Bob Bates | 2012 |
K2PLF | Marty Green | 2021 |
K5AA | Curt Hammond | 2005 |
K9AB | Dick Nord | 2006 |
K9BG | Jerry Brunning | 2005 |
K9BWQ | Frank Gassmere | 2014 |
K9HMB | Frank Miller | 2020 |
K9IW | Bill Harper | 2013 |
K9JE | Jack Ekstrom | 2018 |
K9LTN | Bob Hajek | 2009 |
K9MF | Tom Doyle | 2020 |
K9RB | Roger Borowski | 2013 |
K9RF | Al De Marre | 2004 |
K9RJ | Jim Jorgensen | 2006 |
K9RN | Bob Nielsen | 1999 |
K9VLE | Ralph Zuccarello | 1998 |
K9YA | Bob Heytow | 2000 |
KC9P | Ray Hassler | 2015 |
KE9U | Jay Jackson | 2014 |
KG9US | Bob Lieberman | 2000 |
KQ9W | Dave Ornee | 2009 |
KR9F | Neil Wolf | 2012 |
KU9Z | Mike Flosi | 1994 |
N4KG | Tom Russell | 2018 |
N6RJ | Jim Rafferty | 1993 |
N9JV | Dean Levin | 2019 |
N9RF | Ed Doubek | 2001 |
W4NKI | Fred Duran | 2016 |
W7JYX | Verna Franz | 2002 |
W7JYZ | Bill Franz | 1999 |
W9ARV | Bob Thiebert | 2008 |
W9AW | Ted Ende | 1989 |
W9AZP | Jim Moore | 1994 |
W9BB | Bill Simons | 2012 |
W9BPW | Bill Tinsley | 1988 |
W9BW | George Hanus | 1986 |
W9CH | Bruce Steinke | 2013 |
W9DDX | Dick Grayson | 2010 |
W9DWQ | Ed Goodbout | 1996 |
W9DY | Bud Frohardt | 2016 |
W9EVI | Mac Reynolds | 2014 |
W9FKC | Myron Hexter | 1999 |
W9GSB | Lou Williams | 2002 |
W9GXH | Tony Dambrauskas | 1979 |
W9IIX | Doug Johnson | 2023 |
W9ILW | Tom Snedden | 1976 |
W9JUV | Joe Schroeder | 2013 |
W9NB | Jim Durante | 2010 |
W9NUD | John Hughes | 2016 |
W9NZM | Bob Bauman | 2010 |
W9OD | Tony Martinka | 1986 |
W9RX | Oak Okleshen | 2017 |
W9RY | Hal Beebe | 2012 |
W9UG | Dick Blohm | 2001 |
W9XQ | Ron Hallsten | 2015 |
W9YYG | Al Keck | 2012 |
W9WU | Jim O’Connell | 2022 |
W9ZA | Ken Neuffer | 2010 |
W9ZJ | Bill Vehe | 2021 |
WA9BXB | Rich Breckinridge | 2017 |
WA9FWY | Vic Tesinsky | 2008 |
WA9RCQ | Rick Jemison | 2016 |
WB9HIP | Joe Harmon | 1988 |