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| In 1965, Al came to Tennessee to open two Electro-Voice plants, one in Sevierville, TN (home of Ten-Tec) and one in Newport, TN, 20 miles away. To this day the Sevierville EV plant is located directly across the street from Ten-Tec. Al always had an interest in manufacturing amateur radio gear. He was a fanatic CW op since the 1920's, and in 1968 sold his interest in Electro-Voice, bought 15 acres of land across the street, put up our building and he and co-founder (still President) Jack Burchfield, K4JU (a former EV employee) started doing tool and die work and building QRP ham gear at that time. | In 1965, Al came to Tennessee to open two Electro-Voice plants, one in Sevierville, TN (home of Ten-Tec) and one in Newport, TN, 20 miles away. To this day the Sevierville EV plant is located directly across the street from Ten-Tec. Al always had an interest in manufacturing amateur radio gear. He was a fanatic CW op since the 1920's, and in 1968 sold his interest in Electro-Voice, bought 15 acres of land across the street, put up our building and he and co-founder (still President) Jack Burchfield, K4JU (a former EV employee) started doing tool and die work and building QRP ham gear at that time. | ||
| - | Al was a member of the ARRL, the First-Class CW Operators Club, and the A-1 Operator Club and was elected to the [[http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/hrhof.html|CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame]] in 2002. | + | Al was a member of the ARRL, the First-Class CW Operators Club, and the A-1 Operator Club and was elected to the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20021021232301/http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com:80/hrhof.html|CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame]] in 2001. |
