My hobby is Ham Radio. FB great hobby..
We call ourselves "HAM"
"A 'plug"
That's the definition of the word given in G. M. Dodge's, The Telegraph Instructor even before there was radio. The difinition
has never
changed in wire telegraphy. The first wireless operators were landline telegraphhers who left their offices to go to
sea or to man the coastal stations. They brought with them their language and much the tradition of their older profession.
In those early days, every station occupied the same wavelength or, more accurately perhaps, every station occupied the whole
spectrum with its broad spark signal. Government stations, ships, coastal stations and the increasingly numerous amateur
operators all competed for the time and signal supremacy in each other's receivers. Many of the amateur stations were very
powerful. Two amateurs, working each other across town, could effectively jam all the other operations in the area. Frustrated
commercial operators would refer to the ham radio interference by calling them "HAM". Amateurs, possibly unfamiliar with the
real meaning of the term, picked it up and applied it to themselves in true "Yankee Doodle" fashion and wore it with
pride. As the years advanced, the original meaning has completely disappeared.
What's New?
Life Time Amateur Class E License, is granted to DU1BA, by the National Telecommunication Commission, NCR.
This also authorizes the licensee to operate her Amateur Radio Station, under Ministry of Transportation and Communications
Ministry. Order No. 87-174 dated 03 February 1987 and other existing rules and regulations.
Issued at Quezon City, Philippines this 3rd day of September 2012.
Life Time Member : Philippine Amateur Radio Association, (PARA) DX1PAR
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