5 Oct
2000
5 Oct
'00
1:58 a.m.
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
"HAM", referring to amateur radio operators,
is a 19th-century
invention; it was previously used to describe self-taught telegraph
operators.
I've seen references to old "ham-fisted" Morse operators. I had never
made the connexion. thanks.
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
215 Shady Lea Road,
North Kingstown, RI 02852
"Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
- Ovid