Hello Charles,   
      
   15 Nov 18 23:45 at you wrote to Daryl Stout:   
      
    CS> Hehe! Nice! well, see.. ME being of Islam faith, the name throws me   
    CS> off! Can I make a spin-off and call it BEEF Radio??   
      
   The proper name is amateur radio.  The "ham" comes from amateur radio's    
   infancy when commericial radio operators disliked those "ham-fisted" amateur    
   radio operators infringing on their frequencies.   
      
   You might see it as "HAM" but that is not the proper form of the nickname.   
      
   Also, there's two reasons why it's called "amateur radio": we are disallowed    
   by law any pecuniary compensation for our services and we love our hobby. :)     
   We're also considered the "amateur radio service" by the Federal government.   
      
   Anyhow, this has gone off-topic for in here...   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
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