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| Author: | Jim [ Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Where did the name "ham" come from? |
http://www.qsl.net/w5www/originofham.html |
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| Author: | christ53801 [ Tue Nov 15, 2016 4:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Where did the name "ham" come from? |
The term "ham radio" was first a pejorative that mocked amateur radio operators with a 19th-century term for being bad at something, like "ham-fisted" or "ham actor". It had already been used for bad wired telegraph operators. |
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