"Airy R.Bean" wrote:

: What is Ham Radio?
:
: Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who
: are interested in the science of radio wave
: propagation and who are also interested in the
: way that their radios function. It has a long-standing
: tradition of providing a source of engineers who
: are born naturals.
:
: Ham Radio awakens in its aficionados a whole-life
: fascination with all things technical and gives
: an all-abiding curiosity to improve one's scientific
: knowledge. It's a great swimming pool, please dive in!
:

sort of correct.
but thanks the certain organisations..and a bunch of lazy people it
no longer exists.
it has however been replaced by multi-band cb radio