//Hello MRO,//

on *3/8/2023* at *7:49:59* You wrote in area *SYNCHRONET*
to *Phigan* about *"HAM"*.

 M>   Re: HAM
 M>   By: Phigan to tlc on Tue Mar 07 2023 09:26 pm

 >>   Re: HAM
 >>   By: tlc to All on Tue Mar 07 2023 05:30 am
 M>  >
 >>  > Just installed the HAM function.  Do
 M>  >
 >> Not to be pedantic here (just kidding, pretty sure we all love being a
 >> little pedantic once in a while), but "ham" isn't an acronym so shouldn't
 >> be capitalized as HAM. It's just ham.

 M> i've ALWAYS seen it referred to as HAM.
                                                          >>  It's just ham. It was a derogatory term used by
 >> professional telegraph operators to describe amateur operators (IIRC).

 M> that just sounds like something someone added to wikipedia. where do you
 M> real this from? I'm pretty sure if they wanted to come up with a
 M> derogatory term for these guys they could have done better than ham

 His historical reference is accurate.  All too often we assume we knew things when we don't. But his comments are akin to beating a dead horse. 



Regards,
Thom LaCosta
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