[Boatanchors] Elmer

[Jim Wilhite]

Got my license in 1955 and have had been since.  I don't recall the term 
from all my years.  Could it have been an regional thing.  I lived in 
Western Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas from then till 1977.

Jim
W5JO

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> Rick, I was licensed in early 1958 and the term was being used in 1958.

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>   Well, I just took someone to task about claiming to have heard the term 
> previously to the Rod Newkirk article. Now we have two so I probably 
> jumped too soon. Anyway, my apologies if I put anyone's nose out of joint. 
> Its just that I've seen so much bad historical research that I've  become 
> extremely skeptical.
>   Now, if, in your experience, the term was in common use in 1958 why does 
> doesn't it show up in some publication? Perhaps it does and I've missed 
> it.
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> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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