SILENT KEYS

[IK0ZCW]

Jean J. Lewuillon, ON8RA/5T0JL passed away on 8 August. Born in 1928 and first licenced in 1960 as F3JL, he was also active as 9Q5LJ (1965-1967) and 9X5AB (1980-1983). Special callsigns in Mauritania included 5T0ITU, 5T1FOC, 5T1MM, 5T2MM and 5T3MM. A top-notch CW operator, he conducted his personal campaign against split operating: "simplex CW is not a disease, nor a mental defect", he said, "it's the lifestyle of the real telegrapher who does not need subtleties to exercise his art!"
Recently reported Silent Keys also include Heinz Marhoff (DK8DY), Anatoly L. Shikov (ER5AL) and Relen V. Osmolovsky (R6KO, ex UU5JO and UB5JO), one of the doyens of amateur radio in Crimea.