Re: Test   
     By: Sean Dennis to Charles Stephenson on Tue Nov 20 2018 02:00 pm   
      
    SD> Hello Charles,   
      
    SD> 15 Nov 18 23:45 at you wrote to Daryl Stout:   
    SD> The proper name is amateur radio. The "ham" comes from amateur radio's    
    SD> infancy when commericial radio operators disliked those "ham-fisted"   
    SD> amateur radio operators infringing on their frequencies.   
      
    SD> You might see it as "HAM" but that is not the proper form of the nickname.   
      
    SD> Also, there's two reasons why it's called "amateur radio": we are   
    SD> disallowed by law any pecuniary compensation for our services and we love   
    SD> our hobby. :) We're also considered the "amateur radio service" by the   
    SD> Federal government.    
      
    SD> Anyhow, this has gone off-topic for in here...   
      
   Wow!  That is pretty interesting, I love learning new facts. I think I'm gonna   
   go to the HAM radio echo and ask a few questions. I never really knew alot   
   about it. I actually know very little! Think I"m gonna pick your brain in that   
   echo! ;)   
   Regards,   
     KrUpTiOn   
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