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[TenTec] Origin of the term "Elmer"

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Subject: [TenTec] Origin of the term "Elmer"
From: "Rick Westerman" <Rick@dj0ip.de>
Reply-to: Rick@dj0ip.de, tentec@contesting.com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:12:12 +0200
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Here's the answer:

Rod Newkirk, W9BRD is credited with being the first to use the
term "Elmer".
He was the DX editor of QST magazine from 1948 to 1978.

Source: CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame

www.cq-amateur-radio.com/hrhof.html

(See entry #87)

73
Rick


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