Silent Keys

1     W6VT    Bud Whiteman   Great CW person. Many years as a two radio technician in Orange County. His first call 6VT. Over the Hill Gang

2     W6ALO   Tommy Jentges  Good friend of Bud Whitemans and a great CW person. True gentleman. Also a good projectionist. Over the Hill Gang

3     N6ME    Mike Sahadi   Sorry would take up a hundred web pages to tell the stories. Mike loved CW.

4     WØPE     Alvin Schwertfeger of Hutchinson, KS Previous holder of my call.  Late 1970's till 2008.

5     W6SYC   Leroy Sparks   My first radio contact on two meters. A technician for HP in Fullerton for years. A full radio repair shop in Santa Ana.

6     K6BBB    Bob Gilbertson  Lots of good times on VHF and UHF over the years. Bob was a charter member of DARC.

7     K4LIB  Arthur Godfrey  Radio and TV

8     KØHWY  Tex Beneke   Many a good time at the Plaza Gardens Disneyland with Tex. Great,  great,  great person.

9     WB6RER  Andy Devine   Actor

10    KA6SOP  Irv Lans  The power man for WARA Field Days. Never met a generator he didn't like.

11    WA6UYB  Dick Holmes  WARA Good guy helped with many projects.

12    WB6MQS  Greg (Scott) Mills Anaheim High Class of 1966.

13    WB6EFZ  Herman H      Herman worked at Disneyland in the plumbing shop. Charter member of DARC.

14    W4XAA   Tom Kneitel  "Tomcat" Great writer, great magazines.

15    WA6X   Robert "Waxie" Hammmer   Over the Hill Gang

16    WD6EZE   Rudy Bermudes Charter Member DARC

17    N6BVU    Karl Pagel Member DARC  Over the Hill Gang

18    WV6V    Cam Burke  Only got to work with Cam as a VE for a few times.  Great person. His Club K6COV in Orange.