Sun Coast Amateur
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====== Some Club History ======

===== Founding Members =====

By the year 1985 the Sunshine Amateur Radio Club was in operation.  Regular meetings were held in members homes.  The following is a list of the early members of that era:

|Ted Alexamder             | VE7AC  | Madeira Park  |
|Tom Barker                | VE7FGB | Garden Bay    |
|Capt. John Bunyon  (sk)   |        | Sechelt       |
|Dr. Reve Farish (sk)      | VE7FJK | Secret Cove   |
|Henry Christensen (sk)    |        | Sechelt       |
|Bob Leduc (sk)              | VE7ALT | Halfmoon Bay  |
|Ted Muncaster (sk)        |        | Egmont        |
|Frank Nanson (sk)         | VE7IQ  | Gibsons       |
|Gordon Oliver (sk)        | VE7GWO | Sechelt       |
|Steve Phelps              | VE7CAH | Halfmoon Bay  |
|James Sinclair (sk)       |        | Madeira Park  |
|Bill Wood (sk)            | VE7ENW | Halfmoon Bay  |

//submitted by VE7ALT //

===== Silent Keys =====
It is with deep regrets that we record the passing of these former SCARCS amateurs:

| Abe Peters                                   | VE7BGM  |                     |
| [[/history/ve7alt| Bob Leduc]]               | VE7ALT  | September 17, 2021  |
| [[/history/ve7dnk| Don Prendergast]]         | VE7DNK  | July 15, 2021       |
| [[/history/va7bt| Bud Theriault]]            | VA7BT   | July 14, 2021       |
| [[/history/ve7aso| Steve Dow]]               | VE7ASO  | June 3, 2020        |
| [[/history/va7grk| Ron Kaiser]]              | VA7GRK  | April 20, 2020      |
| [[/history/ve7mgd| Dorian Gregory]]          | VE7MGD  | February 13, 2020   |
| Oskar Friesen                                | VE7QOF  | August 4, 2019      |
| [[/history/ve7cgp| Arthur (Jim) Wilkinson]]  | VE7CGP  | May 19, 2019        |
| [[/history/va7cfx| Barabara Lightfoot]]      | VA7CFX  | December 13, 2018   |
| [[/history/ve7jyw| Joan Wall]]               | VE7JYW  | June 23, 2018       |
| [[/history/ve7har| Harry Almond]]            | VE7HAR  | August 30, 2017     |
| [[/history/ve7wll| William Rimmer]]          | VE7WLL  | April 3, 2014       |
| Hans Oberg                                   | VA7ORB  | July 13, 2013       |
| [[/history/ve7hcc|Clive Hall]]               | VE7HCC  | February 20, 2012   |
| [[/history/va7eil|Eileen Bonaguro]]          | VA7EIL  | May 17, 2011        |
| [[/history/ve7cya|Thomas Braiden]]           | VE7CYA  | March 13, 2011      |
| [[/history/ve7js|Francis Konopasek]]         | VE7JS   | October 28, 2010    |
| Walter John McPhee                           | VE7QJM  | October 19, 2010    |
| [[/history/ve7nv| Jim Hobson]]               | VE7NV   | September 23, 2010  |