On May 10, 2025, NORAC lost it's founding president, Dennis (Denny) Warner VE7ASY.
Denny became NORAC's first president on November 6, 1975 and built the club's first 146.880 VE7RSS repeater - a vacuum tube unit - in 1976. For more about Denny and his role in the early days of NORAC see the Club Early History page.
In recent years Denny was noted for his incredible morse code skills, staying on the key late into the night at every club Field Day event.
Above we can see Denny VE7ASY on the key alongside Aaren VA7AEJ logging while Jane VE7WWJ looks on. In the background we have Watty VE7WTE (also recent SK), Doug VE7VZ, Phil VE7PAZ, Terry VE7TRZ, Bud VE7KBK and one of Phil's kids by the snack table at NORAC Field Day 2018.
Denny's obituary on Castanet can be found here: https://www.castanet.net/obituaries/WARNER%2C_Calvin_Charles_%22Dennis%22/33912/