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Old December 7th 03, 05:22 PM
 
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By the way, has anyone ever figured out why they call it "HAM"? Is it
because the old tube radios were hot enough to cook a ham on top of them?


That's as good a reason as I've heard.
Better than most. I say we take it up as "official history."....


IMHO, "HAM" stands for "Hardly Any Money"!

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By the way, has anyone ever figured out why they call it "HAM"? Is it
because the old tube radios were hot enough to cook a ham on top of

them?

That's as good a reason as I've heard.
Better than most. I say we take it up as "official history."....


IMHO, "HAM" stands for "Hardly Any Money"!


The ARRL says that it probably was a derogatory term that commercial ops
used for the "ham fisted" amateur radio operators in the spark days.

FWIW. YMMV.

Bill


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