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July 18th 04, 12:00 AM
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In article , "Dee D. Flint"
writes: "Lumushahs" wrote in message ... From: n2ey Also, some of the people on the list may not be hams. No, they're all hams. Maybe, maybe not. Don't assume that they all are. Just because they have a call sign does not mean they are "hams", either. Yes, it does. One can still like radio (amateur or professional), and not be a "ham". "Amateur radio operator" and "ham" mean the same thing. Perhaps in a limited view. Or it may be an attempt to limit other people's options. By declaring there is no other options, these other amateur radio amateurs (must) subsrcibe to the ham culture. From: Fred Garvin Just because they have a call sign does not mean they are "hams", either. Ummm, yes it does. One can still like radio (amateur or professional), and not be a "ham". Sure. So all people with a call sign must like to be called "ham", worship morse code, love contests, hate CBers, and believe all things that are "ham"? Some people do not identify with those things, and have their own interests. There is no requirement, formal or informal or otherwise, to follow any particular, so-called culture. Peer pressure! Especially from the Exxtras (dos equis or otherwise) The term "ham" is, and has been for approximately 100 years, a term meaning amateur radio operator. According to the ARRL the word "ham" was applied by PROFESSIONAL morsemen on amateurs for their poor sending. It was a term of DERISION (scorn, ridicule). One hundred years ago, there was no CB and there were no contests. Radio, as a communications medium, is 108 years old. There were contests of all sorts 108 years ago! Sunnuvagun! First Modern Olympic Games were held in 1896...same year as the first demonstrations of radio. No radio per se at the first of the Modern Olympic Games. How about that? Morse was a necessity but hams were working diligently on better transmitters and working towards developing voice transmissions. First radio voice transmission was in 1906...done by a pro, not an amateur. Reginald Fessenden. The Pros developed the "better transmitters" and the better tubes for those better transmitters. It's in all the text books. When the term was coined, none of the factors that you list were pertinent and some didn't even exist. ...and Mama Dee was THERE! :-) "What day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times...and you were there...!" - tag line for CBS radio/TV show "You Are There." |
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