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by slr555 9y ago
Yep
- nickysielicki 9y agoham not HAM
- retox 9y agoIs hiphop terms HAM means Hard As a Motherfucker. As in "I go HAM"
- nickysielicki 9y agohttp://www.kb6nu.com/ham-ham-radio-ham-radio-amateur-radio/ http://www.kb6nu.com/ham-ham-radio-ham-radio-amateur-radio/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio > I don’t think that you can argue with this. Let’s avoid confusion by using “amateur radio” when writing about our hobby/service. I’d even urge the ARRL to rethink their use of “Amateur Radio.” Sometimes, it may be OK to use “ham radio,” but it’s just not correct to use “HAM radio” or just “HAM.”
- freehunter 9y agoSo many people think any short, common name must be an initialism or acronym. I have coworkers who talk about their MAC computers, which is confusing when you work in the networking world and MAC does not normally mean Macintosh.