Just installed the HAM function. Does anyone know whick license pool this
one covers? Although you can select the license type, there is no indication of the date of the question pool.
Just installed the HAM function. Do
anyone know which license pool this
covers?
Re: HAM
By: tlc to All on Tue Mar 07 2023 05:30 am
Just installed the HAM function. Do
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.
It's just ham. It was a derogatory term used by
professional telegraph operators to describe amateur operators (IIRC).
Just installed the HAM function. Do
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. It
was a derogatory term used by
professional telegraph operators to
describe amateur operators (IIRC).
Re: HAM>> It's just ham. It was a derogatory term used by
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
Just installed the HAM function. Do
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.
i've ALWAYS seen it referred to as HAM.
professional telegraph operators to describe amateur operators (IIRC).
that just sounds like something someone added to wikipedia. where do you real this from? I'm pretty sure if they wanted to come up with a
derogatory term for these guys they could have done better than ham
There are two perl scripts included to parse US and Canadian question
pools and generate new .js files from them. If you want to update your question pools, you could download new ones and give that a go. MS
Way over my pay grade. Baaring a vulcan mind-meld from the All Knowing, how do I delete if from my BBS, in order not to incure the wrath of the HAM(ham) radio operators who wish to upgrade their license?
To: MROThe reference is oft cited, yet never corroborated. For the last 4 decaes I've been in the hobby, no one has ever been able to provide one single citation to back the claim.
//Hello MRO,//
on *3/8/2023* at *7:49:59* You wrote in area *SYNCHRONET*
to *Phigan* about *"HAM"*.
Re: HAM
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
Just installed the HAM function. Do
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.
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).
that just sounds like something someone added to wikipedia. where do you real this from? I'm pretty sure if they wanted to come up with a 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.
real this from? I'm pretty sure if they wanted to come up with a 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.
The reference is oft cited, yet never corroborated. For the last 4 decaes I've been in the hobby, no one has ever been able to provide one single citation to back the claim.
The claim usually goes something like this:
"Back in ye olde day of ye olde wirelss telegraphist, they didst call the Amateur Radio community 'hams' as an inferrence they were being 'ham-fisted' whilst transmitting ye olde wireless telegraphy mode using ye olde sparke gappe telegraphy equipment"
The only person that I was able to meet who was at one point in his life a professional telegraphist before becoming a ham himself, told me that the word "ham" was just a shortened version of "amateur". Essentially "am" with
Thom LaCosta wrote to echicken <=-
Hopefully the AIbot will not give me a confusing and perhaps inaccurate answer.
Ergo, it is not worth arguing about, especially 100 years later.
I'm studying for a certification that allows for online testing. It's interesting seeing the restrictions. They need to see your surroundings
on web cam. Eye tracking software. No looking off-camera. If your
internet drops, you're flunked. If you speak to anyone off camera,
you're flunked. If they speak to you, you're flunked. They recommend not using a work laptop, because of admin tools that could interfere.
I'd almost be happier driving 45 minutes and taking it in person.
original point of the sidetrack was that it isn't an acronym :).
Yeah, I've definitely read about multiple origin stories for 'ham', but the original point of the sidetrack was that it isn't an acronym :).
Way over my pay grade. Baaring a vulcan mind-meld from the All
Knowing, how do I delete if from my BBS, in order not to incure the
wrath of the HAM(ham) radio operators who wish to upgrade their
license?
Yeah, I've definitely read about multiple origin stories for 'ham', but the original point of the sidetrack was that it isn't an acronym :).
Better yet, have Chad take the test for you?
original point of the sidetrack was that it isn't an acronym :).
it is now. update your books.
downgraded to General, since those are no longer issued...and for those who held a Novice or Technician license, they are starting over. In all cases, these must take and pass the Technician exam.
Hm, a buddy of mine has a novice license and he just recently renewed
it again. They don't give them out anymore, but you can still keep and renew them. You just don't have permission to talk on much.
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 05:42:44 -0500, "Thom LaCosta" <thom.lacosta@1:153/7715.25.remove-r22-this> did make me awaken from my chao existentialism when they didst announce:
To: MRO
//Hello MRO,//
on *3/8/2023* at *7:49:59* You wrote in area *SYNCHRONET*
to *Phigan* about *"HAM"*.
Re: HAM
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
Just installed the HAM function. Do
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 >> be capitalized as HAM. It's just ham.
i've ALWAYS seen it referred to as HAM.>> It's just ham >> professional telegraph operators to describe amateur operators (IIRC).
that just sounds like something someone added to wikipedia. where do yo real this from? I'm pretty sure if they wanted to come up with a derogatory term for these guys they could have done better than ham
His historical reference is accurate. All too often we assume we knew thiThe reference is oft cited, yet never corroborated. For the last 4 decaes I' been in the hobby, no one has ever been able to provide one single citation back the claim.
The claim usually goes something like this:
"Back in ye olde day of ye olde wirelss telegraphist, they didst call the Amateur Radio community 'hams' as an inferrence they were being 'ham-fisted' whilst transmitting ye olde wireless telegraphy mode using ye olde sparke ga telegraphy equipment"
The only person that I was able to meet who was at one point in his life a professional telegraphist before becoming a ham himself, told me that the wo "ham" was just a shortened version of "amateur". Essentially "am" with an ad "h" for emphasis. Unfortunately, he went SK back in the 80's.
Does one person's account mean that the claim is untrue? Of course not.
But as with most phrases that enter the English language, it's actual origin will probably never TRULY be known.
Ergo, it is not worth arguing about, especially 100 years later.
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