Subj : HAM To : Jimmy Anderson From : Holger Granholm Date : Sat Sep 24 2016 09:42 am In a message on Saturday 09-23-16 Jimmy Anderson said to Holger Granholm: Hello Jimmy, HG> OK first, please tell me what you put into the expression "HAM" that HG> you use so frequently. JA> Amatuer Radio - be it the user, the equipment, whatever. JA> use HAM and have family far off. If a disaster hit and they needed HG> 'Use HAM', what is that?? JA> Use a amateur radio - that better? JA> through the HAM, through the radio network to a place that DOES have JA> Internet service, then be delivered to their family in Chicago. HG> And again, what does 'through the HAM' mean? JA> Via the radio waves that amatuer operators use. _______________________ Thank you for the explanations. I am a licensed radio amateur (= a HAM) since 65 years back, and have read, mostly american litterature, about amateur radio (= ham radio), since maybe 1946. So far I have never heard/read, anybody using the term HAM, as loosely as you do. That's why I had to ask. CU L8ER, Holger ___ * MR/2 2.30 * "Sam", OH0NC - Aland Islands / 20 deg. E / 60 deg. N --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 2 * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228) .