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1/26/2011 6:38:24 AM EDT
What does the Ham, in Ham Radio, stand for?

The interwebz have been loathe to release this secret.
1/26/2011 6:44:59 AM EDT
[#1]
It's one of those things that have more than one answer.

In the beginning it was from people hamming up radio transmissions.  As in screwing them up.  We as a group have a tendency to want to modify things.
1/26/2011 7:02:45 AM EDT
[#2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio