Greetings Michael..

I'm well aware of the history and use of the slogan "ham" but the
term previously used here was "Hammies." No where in those two
links do you see that term used - probably for good reason.

While Rod, AC6V puts a lot of work into his Web site, I wouldn't
take it as absolute gospel on every little detail.

Cheers,
Mr. Mentor



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| dBc wrote:
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| I have no idea what you mean as "Hammies." The service is the
| amateur radio service. Once licensed, one becomes a radio
| amateur. "Ham Radio" is a term used to identify the radio
| amateurs operation as 'hamming it up' on the air.
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| Nota Bene:
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| Theories on origin of term 'HAM':
| http://www.ac6v.com/73.htm#hamlid
| http://www.arrl.org/whyham.html
|
| Michael