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- noun A
ham radio operator who hasdied .
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john commented on the word silent key
"Silent key refers to an amateur radio operator who is deceased. The term can be abbreviated 'SK', especially in morse code. The key in the term refers to a telegraph key, the instrument that all early amateur radio operators, as well as many contemporary amateur radio operators, have used to send Morse code."
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August 15, 2008