Ham radio" comes from 'ham", a term originally used for incompetent landline telegraphers who caused numerous train crashes due to their incompetence. It was later applied to enthusiast amateur radio operators :
Television and radio
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Radio - Wikipedia
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Radio - Wikipedia
Adventures in Etymology - Etymology - YouTube
History of Radio - Origin of Radio, Interesting Information on the Background of Radio
Radio: From the Latin for 'Beam' | Etymology Of The Day
Adventures in Etymology – Etymology – Radio Omniglot
BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth - 10 things we learned about words associated with women
Every mainland European country's word for "Radio" is derived from the Latin "radius" meaning "ray". Except the Bascue word for radio, which is "irrati". Why? Is there any particular reason for this? :
In this Adventure in Etymology we unload the origins of the word quay.... | TikTok
Origin of the Word “Radio” - Issuu
What It Means to Go 'Radio Silent' | Merriam-Webster
meaning and origin of 'back to square one' | word histories
The History of AM/FM Radio
Radio active in English | The Times of Israel
Originuk Radio | London
