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- From: jeff@alien.bt.co.uk (Jeff Cadman)
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
- Subject: RE : Stupid Questions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.111239.28594@muppet.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 11:12:39 GMT
- Sender: news@muppet.bt.co.uk
- Reply-To: jeff@alien.bt.co.uk
- Organization: British Telecom
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- Regarding the derivation of the term HAM for radio amateur
- enthusiasts, JEB had it almost correct. HAM was coined by
- a legendary British comedian called Tony Hancock. Her had a
- comedy series called "Hancocks Half Hour" in the early sixties
- which consisted of a series of sketches. In one of these
- sketches he was a radio fanatic, and in the course of the sketch
- he called himself a "radio hamateur", and the slang has stuck
- ever since.
-
- Hope this helps
-
- Jeff...
-