I know there're a few. Just go to the talking book
web-site and look up ham radio or amateur radio, and
maybe history

--- Matthew Elliff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> hey cool! i didn't know. this new ham is facinated!
> are there any good
> amature radio history books or anything? i'd like to
> read the history of
> this great hobby, but dunno where to get anything
> like that. like how it
> originated etc etc.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: why are you caled hams?
>
>
> > No one knows for sure. Here are some theories:
> >
> > 1) Ham, short for ham-fisted (i.e. can't send code
> for !@#$%^!!!)
> >
> > 2) Ham, short for Amateur
> >
> > 3) HAM was the callsign used in around 1908 before
> official ones were
> issued, for a station that was owned by three people
> whose last initials
> spelled out HAM (thus, the station's call...sorry, I
> don't recall the whole
> story)
> >
> > Betcha a cold cheeseburger there are more, but
> none, so far as I know, is
> definitive.
> > --
> > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3    | But I will lay my
> burden
> > Email: [log in to unmask]   | in the cradle of your
> grace,
> > ICQ: 36621210              | And the shining
> beaches of your love,
> > http://www.ycardz.com      | and the sea of your
> embrace.--Dave Carter
> >


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