[AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
Lately, on e-Ham, QRZ.com and elsewhere I see a lot of people spell ham radio as HAM radio. Why is this? I never noticed it until the last couple of years. I think it looks dorky as hell. Worse still, when it's just called HAM, as in I've been into HAM for several years now. I'm studying for the test so I can get my HAM. When I want my HAM, I go to SAFEWAY or KROGERS. Believe it or not, I have even seen it spelt H.A.M. Just a minor irritant, but I am beginning to see it all the time and wonder if anyone else has noticed this and if you find it annoying as I do. Don, k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
Maybe some are referring to Handheld Amateur Radio or possibly they're referring to a Host Adapter Module or maybe they just feel proud to be a HAM. Of course, one could ask why DX, why CQ, why W1AW and not w1aw, etc. etc. Slang is slang; spell it or pronounce anyway you want. Of course, one could also ask why some don't use a spell checker. Pete, Wa2CwA On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:41:10 -0600 D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lately, on e-Ham, QRZ.com and elsewhere I see a lot of people spell ham radio as HAM radio. Why is this? I never noticed it until the last couple of years. I think it looks dorky as hell. Worse still, when it's just called HAM, as in I've been into HAM for several years now. I'm studying for the test so I can get my HAM. When I want my HAM, I go to SAFEWAY or KROGERS. Believe it or not, I have even seen it spelt H.A.M. Just a minor irritant, but I am beginning to see it all the time and wonder if anyone else has noticed this and if you find it annoying as I do. Don, k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
I never really cared for the term anyway... Nowadays, seems a lot of folks think you are talking about CB radio when you use it too. Brian / wa5am -- Money is only temporary, radios are forever - Jim Little aka the old dawg/K5BAI __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
I think it is to show that CB is not their only radio hobby. Here I hear some of the locals who got their 2-meter license also getting on 11m. The only difference is that they use calls on 2m. Joe W4AAB - Original Message - From: Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham? Maybe some are referring to Handheld Amateur Radio or possibly they're referring to a Host Adapter Module or maybe they just feel proud to be a HAM. Of course, one could ask why DX, why CQ, why W1AW and not w1aw, etc. etc. Slang is slang; spell it or pronounce anyway you want. Of course, one could also ask why some don't use a spell checker. Pete, Wa2CwA On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:41:10 -0600 D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lately, on e-Ham, QRZ.com and elsewhere I see a lot of people spell ham radio as HAM radio. Why is this? I never noticed it until the last couple of years. I think it looks dorky as hell. Worse still, when it's just called HAM, as in I've been into HAM for several years now. I'm studying for the test so I can get my HAM. When I want my HAM, I go to SAFEWAY or KROGERS. Believe it or not, I have even seen it spelt H.A.M. Just a minor irritant, but I am beginning to see it all the time and wonder if anyone else has noticed this and if you find it annoying as I do. Don, k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
I have been a ham/HAM since 195850 years, and have always capitalized it. Seeing in as all lower case doesnt look right to me. But I have also seen it as Ham, which to me makes NO sense, since its not a word. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Joe Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is to show that CB is not their only radio hobby. Here I hear some of the locals who got their 2-meter license also getting on 11m. The only difference is that they use calls on 2m. Joe W4AAB - Original Message - From: Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham? Maybe some are referring to Handheld Amateur Radio or possibly they're referring to a Host Adapter Module or maybe they just feel proud to be a HAM. Of course, one could ask why DX, why CQ, why W1AW and not w1aw, etc. etc. Slang is slang; spell it or pronounce anyway you want. Of course, one could also ask why some don't use a spell checker. Pete, Wa2CwA On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:41:10 -0600 D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lately, on e-Ham, QRZ.com and elsewhere I see a lot of people spell ham radio as HAM radio. Why is this? I never noticed it until the last couple of years. I think it looks dorky as hell. Worse still, when it's just called HAM, as in I've been into HAM for several years now. I'm studying for the test so I can get my HAM. When I want my HAM, I go to SAFEWAY or KROGERS. Believe it or not, I have even seen it spelt H.A.M. Just a minor irritant, but I am beginning to see it all the time and wonder if anyone else has noticed this and if you find it annoying as I do. Don, k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. -- Jim Isbell If you are not living on the edge, well then, you are just taking up too much space. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
To bad we can't talk about AM Radio. Hmmm. Were have I seen that before. If it is spelled right, who cares. Dave Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote: I have been a ham/HAM since 195850 years, and have always capitalized it. Seeing in as all lower case doesnt look right to me. But I have also seen it as Ham, which to me makes NO sense, since its not a word. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Joe Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is to show that CB is not their only radio hobby. Here I hear some of the locals who got their 2-meter license also getting on 11m. The only difference is that they use calls on 2m. Joe W4AAB - Original Message - From: Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham? Maybe some are referring to Handheld Amateur Radio or possibly they're referring to a Host Adapter Module or maybe they just feel proud to be a HAM. Of course, one could ask why DX, why CQ, why W1AW and not w1aw, etc. etc. Slang is slang; spell it or pronounce anyway you want. Of course, one could also ask why some don't use a spell checker. Pete, Wa2CwA On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:41:10 -0600 D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lately, on e-Ham, QRZ.com and elsewhere I see a lot of people spell ham radio as HAM radio. Why is this? I never noticed it until the last couple of years. I think it looks dorky as hell. Worse still, when it's just called HAM, as in I've been into HAM for several years now. I'm studying for the test so I can get my HAM. When I want my HAM, I go to SAFEWAY or KROGERS. Believe it or not, I have even seen it spelt H.A.M. Just a minor irritant, but I am beginning to see it all the time and wonder if anyone else has noticed this and if you find it annoying as I do. Don, k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
I can sure think of more important things to be concerned about Why is it that so many people seem to want to tear down history and traditions? The term ham may not have been originally established in a complimentary way or to positively identify us, but it grew into a foundly used term that everyone recognized. If you don't care for the nickname or slang of HAM for amateur radio, then just don't use it. I for one, am proud of the tradition. I have been licensed for nearly 49 years and I always thought of the term as prestigious, not something to be looked down upon or made fun of by thse who apparently don't know what it is all about anyway. Some will refer to us as CBers and don't know the difference, or even care for that matter. If the general public views the term as something negative or nerdly or whatever, then maybe we have a PR problem, but we probably have much greater concerns to direct our attention toward. I, for one, would sure like to see more positive promotion of our hobby and of our history instead of all this negative tearing down of what many of us hold dear. What does this have to do with AM radio anyway? 73, Jack, W9GT Slang is slang; spell it or pronounce anyway you want. Of course, one could also ask why some don't use a spell checker. Pete, Wa2CwA On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:41:10 -0600 D. Chester writes: Lately, on e-Ham, QRZ.com and elsewhere I see a lot of people spell ham radio as HAM radio. Why is this? I never noticed it until the last couple of years. I think it looks dorky as hell. Worse still, when it's just called HAM, as in I've been into HAM for several years now. I'm studying for the test so I can get my HAM. When I want my HAM, I go to SAFEWAY or KROGERS. Believe it or not, I have even seen it spelt H.A.M. Just a minor irritant, but I am beginning to see it all the time and wonder if anyone else has noticed this and if you find it annoying as I do. Don, k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
You made me wonder, so I grabbed my Webster's University Dictionary and looked up the definition of ham Sure enough the last definition was, are you ready, Informal. A licensed amateur radio operator. So guys, we are in the dictionary. Jim/W5JO Lately, on e-Ham, QRZ.com and elsewhere I see a lot of people spell ham radio as HAM radio. Why is this? I never noticed it until the last couple of years. I think it looks dorky as hell. Worse still, when it's just called HAM, as in I've been into HAM for several years now. I'm studying for the test so I can get my HAM. When I want my HAM, I go to SAFEWAY or KROGERS. Believe it or not, I have even seen it spelt H.A.M. Just a minor irritant, but I am beginning to see it all the time and wonder if anyone else has noticed this and if you find it annoying as I do. Don, k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
I believe Don's real issue might be the capitalization of HAM and/or the looseness of how it's used in printed or spoken dialogue. And to answer you last question, AM radio, is amateur radio, is HAM radio, is hobby radio. Pete, wa2cwa On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:37:50 -0800 (PST) JACK C. SHUTT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can sure think of more important things to be concerned about Why is it that so many people seem to want to tear down history and traditions? The term ham may not have been originally established in a complimentary way or to positively identify us, but it grew into a foundly used term that everyone recognized. If you don't care for the nickname or slang of HAM for amateur radio, then just don't use it. I for one, am proud of the tradition. I have been licensed for nearly 49 years and I always thought of the term as prestigious, not something to be looked down upon or made fun of by thse who apparently don't know what it is all about anyway. Some will refer to us as CBers and don't know the difference, or even care for that matter. If the general public views the term as something negative or nerdly or whatever, then maybe we have a PR problem, but we probably have much greater concerns to direct our attention toward. I, for one, would sure like to see more positive promotion of our hobby and of our history instead of all this negative tearing down of what many of us hold dear. What does this have to do with AM radio anyway? 73, Jack, W9GT __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
RE: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
That's right up there with, I am having fun with my new two meter Your 2 meter what?? I guess we are just grammatical fuddy duddys! Sorry, back to AM stuff. 73 de Tom/W4OKW Tom Clarke Wyle Labs, Aeronautics NATOPS Program Support Specialist USN/USMC National Airworthiness Office Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.0P (301) 995-3793/DSN 995-3793 Fax: (301) 757-6599 Cell (301) 904-2053 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: D. Chester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:41 To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Subject: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham? Lately, on e-Ham, QRZ.com and elsewhere I see a lot of people spell ham radio as HAM radio. Why is this? I never noticed it until the last couple of years. I think it looks dorky as hell. Worse still, when it's just called HAM, as in I've been into HAM for several years now. I'm studying for the test so I can get my HAM. When I want my HAM, I go to SAFEWAY or KROGERS. Believe it or not, I have even seen it spelt H.A.M. Just a minor irritant, but I am beginning to see it all the time and wonder if anyone else has noticed this and if you find it annoying as I do. Don, k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Another sticking point
Well, capitalizing ham might bother some, but using the term 'base station' any where in ham radio irks me. I always thought the proper term was 'fixed station'. You see it throughout the ads now, from amps to zepps, somebody is going to say how well it will work on your 'base station' Sure do like the new AMSWAP. Charlie, W4MEC in NC Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] New AM Swap list
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Re: [AMRadio] Another sticking point
Are we getting picky now? Not all fixed stations are base stations. My definition of base station is the station at your base of operations; in my case, my home. You might have a fixed station at another location that is not your base station. However, I agree that the ads should refer to fixed stations. I think they use base station to differentiate fixed stations from mobile stations. It also gives a degree of personal possession. Something to enhance your base station sounds better than something to enhance your fixed station. Carry on. Ed K6UUZ On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:10:47 -0800 (PST) charles L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, capitalizing ham might bother some, but using the term 'base station' any where in ham radio irks me. I always thought the proper term was 'fixed station'. You see it throughout the ads now, from amps to zepps, somebody is going to say how well it will work on your 'base station' Sure do like the new AMSWAP. Charlie, W4MEC in NC _ ___ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: Why do some people capitalise ham?
I'm not sure that everyone who commented on this topic actually read my initially posted message and fully understood the subject line . This was not intended to debate the merits pro and con of using the word ham to designate amateur radio. I see the term in my amateur radio magazine collection going as far back as the 1920's and possibly earlier, and I have heard it in popular use for all the 49 years I have been licensed. I use it regularly myself even though I believe the prestige associated with the term has been downgraded in recent times. The origin of the term has been debated for nearly a century with no definite conclusions, so I doubt if anyone is going to discover it or come any closer to the answer here. My question was merely in regards to the way I have often seen it written recently, with the word spelt in all capitals, as if it were an acronym. To me, this seems dorky and faintly embarrassing*. (* see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308749/posts) And isn't AM a part of ham radio? Therefore any issue regarding amateur radio IS an AM issue... perhaps even more so, since we probably maintain a higher profile to the general public than hams who run SSB, CW or data, with our voices carrying through intelligibly over shortwave radios, as well as telephones and other electronic devices that inadvertently act as radio receivers. Don k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Re: Why do some people capitalise ham?
Don said: (Edited for brevity) I'm not sure that everyone who commented on this topic actually read my initially posted message and fully understood the subject line . My question was merely in regards to the way I have often seen it written recently, with the word spelt in all capitals, as if it were an acronym. To me, this seems dorky and faintly embarrassing*. (* see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308749/posts) Don k4kyv -- Maybe it has to do with T.O.M.'s illegitimate son, Hiram Alvin Maxim ;)) Mod-U-Lator, Mike(y) W3SLK __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Why do some people capitalise ham?
Personal I prefer that the use of ham, be kept within our ranks. When telling some about our hobby I like to use Amateur Radio Operator. Dave W9WRL D. Chester wrote: Lately, on e-Ham, QRZ.com and elsewhere I see a lot of people spell ham radio as HAM radio. Why is this? I never noticed it until the last couple of years. I think it looks dorky as hell. Worse still, when it's just called HAM, as in I've been into HAM for several years now. I'm studying for the test so I can get my HAM. When I want my HAM, I go to SAFEWAY or KROGERS. Believe it or not, I have even seen it spelt H.A.M. Just a minor irritant, but I am beginning to see it all the time and wonder if anyone else has noticed this and if you find it annoying as I do. Don, k4kyv __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. -- Dave W9WRL www.w9wrl.com/w9wrl __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
