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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: RE : Stupid Questions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.103443.5588@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec23.111239.28594@muppet.bt.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 10:34:43 GMT
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- jeff@alien.bt.co.uk (Jeff Cadman) writes:
- :
- : 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.
-
- Hm. I seem to recall the term being used before then. However, my
- memory may be faulty. I don't have my copy of the 1947 RAH handy,
- so I can't check it.
-
- Bill
-