8EM 1924 France

8EM, F8GO - Jean Mezger, famous French operator, elected as councillor at large for the IARU when it was formed in 1925.

A picture of the board  (REF) in 1925 with Jean Mezger. Jean G. Mezger was authorized September 29, 1924 with the callsign "8EM" (no nationality prefixe).
He use 8EM during 3 year's and receive "8GO" for 1927 to 1928.
In 1929 he lost this call, and never came back to amateur radio.
He was one of the REF founders and member number 2 of the REF! His QTH was: 5, bd de la Saussaye - Neuilly/Seine.

A picture of the REF board in 1925.

Back: 8JC, 8DI, (8EM) 8GO, 8CA, 8BU
Front: 8JN, 8QQ, 8AB, 8GL

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