Re: What do 40m and 27mhz have in common!!!...

Cheemag wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:17:26 +0100, "Blancmange" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I call upon all self-respecting Radio Hams to....

No self-respecting radio amateur would call himself
a "ham".

Precisely! Does anyone know if the term "ham" as applied to radio amateurs derived from the term "ham" as applied to amateur actors?

I'm curious because I've been reading a Bill Bryson book, "Made in America" and on page 253 he says

"Ham actor, first recorded in 1875, originally alluded to lesser performers' having to use ham fat rather than cold cream to remove their makeup. Soon a second-rate actor was known as a hamfatter, by 1902 he was just a ham".

So, if 'Blancmange' wants to refer to himself as a "ham", or second rate, then that is his decision!
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