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This is false. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20090527172642/http://w1af.harvard.edu/hamorigin.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090527172642/http://w1a

by irq 8y ago

This is false. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20090527172642/http://w1af.harvard.edu/hamorigin.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090527172642/http://w1af.harva... https://www.rcarc.org/presentations/Ham_Radio_History.pdf https://www.rcarc.org/presentations/Ham_Radio_History.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio#False_etymologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio#False_e...

techsupporter 8y ago
I know that the story about Hyman and company is false. That’s why I put the word “apocryphal” in there, which means “erroneous or fictitious.” But people still write HAM in all uppercase because of the legend, false or not.