Subj : Special Ham Radio Event
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Ralph Smole
Date : Sat Jul 09 2005 11:19 pm

  Re: Special Ham Radio Event
  By: Angus Mcleod to Fornow on Sat Jul 09 2005 04:15 pm

 >   Re: Special Ham Radio Event
 >   By: Fornow to Frank on Sat Jul 09 2005 12:01:00
 > 
 >  >   Re: Special Ham Radio Event
 >  >   By: Frank to Angus Mcleod on [36
 >  >
 >  > Why is it called "ham"?
 > 
 > Nobody knows for sure.  There is a suggestion that it started when a
 > well-known station operating around 1908 by Albert Hyman, Bob Almy and
 > Peggie Murray used their names and then their initials (HAM) as a station
 > identifier.  That did occur, but there is some evidence to suggest that
 > the term was in use prior to then.
 > 
 > 
 > 
I always thought it had something to do with Amateur radio in some weird way?
Dunno..

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