[AMRadio] RE: Why do some people capitalise ham?
I kind of feel the same, I've gotten CB comments before when I've told people I'm a ham, Amateur Radio Operator sounds a little more dignified and actually explains the hobby much more clearly to non-radio people, Bob KB1OKL 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 _ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan__ 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.
