Geoff Smith – VA3GS
Geoff was formerly a Director and Vice-President of the Canadian Amateur Radio Federation (CARF) and was the Ontario South Director for Radio Amateurs of Canada from 2004 to 2009.
He was an active member of the York Region Amateur Radio Club (YRARC) for more than 40 years and he held many Executive positions during that period.
Professionally, Geoff was a retired high school Chemistry Teacher and Principal. He was for many years the Assistant Head-Master at St Andrew’s College in Aurora, Ontario and, subsequently, the Head Master of King’s Edgehill School in Windsor, Nova Scotia. After retirement he spent several years at Canadian College Italy in Lanciano, Abruzzo.
Harvey Bell – VE3AFK
In 1969, Harvey Bell, VE3AFK, Frank Preuten, VE3FEP and Nels Gradeen, VE3GLK got together and personally mailed out invitations to about 50 amateurs in the …
Silent Keys
Remembering our Silent Keys
This is the start of a new page to remember those in the club that are now Silent Keys. If you know of any SK’s that are not shown on this web page that were members of YRARC, then please pass this information onto the Club Secretary, including name of the SK, callsign, when they passed and what you remember them for, to secretary@yrarc.org
Content retrieved from: https://www.yrarc.org/yrarc-silent-keys.
| Callsign | Name | Location | Remembered for | Date |
| VA3AXU | Jack Martin | c. 1996 | ||
| VA3GS | Geoff Smith | Aurora | Past President, training, 1981 Harvey Bell Award, BoD 2011-2019 | 2019-12-04 |
| VA3HE | Cecil (Cec) Jones | Aurora | 2020-04-24 | |
| VA3IJO | Joseph Bowers | Former Board Member | ||
| VA3NED | Norman Dunn | Aurora | ||
| VE3AAF | Roy Miller | 2024-03-15 | ||
| VE3ACN | Harry Richardson | Chaired first meeting March 11, 1959, | c. 1978 | |
| VE3AFK | Harvey Bell | Noted as resurrecting the club when it became dormant | ||
| VE3AFW | Al Dike | Mt Albert | 1994 Harvey Bell Award | c. 1997 |
| VE3BUI | John Charleton | Aurora | ||
| VE3CLK | Bill Findlay | Collingwood | President, 1963-1964 | |
| VE3CT | Mark Magner | Barrie | Board of Directors 2007-2008, 2012-13 | 2021-04-18 |
| VE3DYF | Ron Whitaker | |||
| VE3EI | Allan Rosenthal | Thornhill | Former TRAC | |
| VE3EVV | Bruce Graham | BoD 2001-2009 | 2022-04-08 | |
| VE3FEP | Frank Preuten | 2007-03-25 | ||
| VE3FLI | Ron Atkinson | |||
| VE3FO | Hart Langstaff | c. 1997 | ||
| VE3FRK | Tony Loftus | Sharon | 2009-03-05 | |
| VE3GBN | Maurice Challenger | 1st Harvey Bell Award 1974 | 2012-08-11 | |
| VE3GJH | Cathy Hrischenko | Zephyr | ||
| VE3GRE | William Dent | Tottenham | President 1977-1978 | 2008-12-22 |
| VE3HBF | David Adams | Sutton West | 1992 Harvey Bell Award | 2005-10-16 |
| VE3HII | Brad Fowles | Field day satellite operator, project night | ||
| VE3HOI | Ted Dubois | President, 1975, 1979 Harvey Bell Award | c. 1982-11 | |
| VE3HPR | Patti Radyk | Stoufville | ||
| VE3IET | Elman Campbell | Local historian in Newmarket. A museum there is named after him. 1982 Harvey Bell Award | 1991-12-29 | |
| VE3IO | Murray Powell | Aurora | Former Board Member VE3ATO, Harvey Bell Award 1990 | 2020-07-06 |
| VE3IRY | Stan Blake | |||
| VE3JPN | Thorleif “Tom” Bygnes | Harvey Bell Award 2001 | 2024-02-06 | |
| VE3LNG | Ed Jones | |||
| VE3LNT | Tom VanDenElShout | |||
| VE3NBB | Harold Moran | |||
| VE3NJV | Nick Visser | Aurora | ||
| VE3NSZ | Ernie Poole | Fanatic DX chaser on HF, satellite guy (always at Field Day) | ||
| VE3OTR | Bernie Roche | Toronto | Board of Directors 2009-2011 / ARES Emergency Coordinator | |
| VE3SBR | Bill Pincombe | Newmarket | BoD 1999-2007 | |
| VE3SLM | Dave Marzetti | Pefferlaw | VP 2006-2008, 1997 Harvey Bell Award | 2020-11-25 |
| VE3SXI | Ron Marriott | 2021-02-09 | ||
| VE3TKJ | Toob Van Dalen | 2017-12-11 | ||
| VE3TPF | Peter Henshall | King City | ||
| VE3TYT | Al Lett | 2023-11-18 | ||
| VE3UMD | Dimitrios “Jim” Vamvouras: | Newmarket | ||
| VE3WEM | Ed Dissette | Stoufville | 2010-04-17 |