Amateur radio operators adopt the name “HAM” Why?

Amateur Radio Operators are popularly known as the Hams. What is the history of this word? It dates back to 1908 when the word ‘Ham’ used to be a station CALL of the wireless station initiated and operated by the hobbyists from the Harvard Radio Club. These hobbyists included ALBERT S. HYMAN, BOB ALMY and POOGIE MURRAY.




Initially this station was named as “HYMAN-ALMY-MURRAY”. But soon they realized...

Amateur radio operators adopt the name “HAM” Why?