The Origin of the word Ham
The Origin of the word Ham: "WHY RADIO AMATEURS ARE CALLED 'HAMS'
From Florida Skip Magazine - 1959
Have you ever wondered why radio amateurs are called 'HAMS'? Well, it goes like this: The word 'HAM' as applied to 1908 was the station call of the first amateur wireless stations operated by some amateurs of the Harvard Radio Club. They were ALBERT S. HYMAN, BOB ALMY, and POOGIE MURRAY. At first they called their station'HYMAN-ALMY-MURRAY'. Tapping out such a long name in code soon became tiresome and called for a revision.They changed it to 'HYALMU', using the first two letters of each of their names. Early in 1910 some confusion resulted between signals from the amateur wireless station 'HYALMU' and a Mexican ship named 'HYALMO'. They decided to use only the first letter of each name, and the station call became 'HAM'."
From Florida Skip Magazine - 1959
Have you ever wondered why radio amateurs are called 'HAMS'? Well, it goes like this: The word 'HAM' as applied to 1908 was the station call of the first amateur wireless stations operated by some amateurs of the Harvard Radio Club. They were ALBERT S. HYMAN, BOB ALMY, and POOGIE MURRAY. At first they called their station'HYMAN-ALMY-MURRAY'. Tapping out such a long name in code soon became tiresome and called for a revision.They changed it to 'HYALMU', using the first two letters of each of their names. Early in 1910 some confusion resulted between signals from the amateur wireless station 'HYALMU' and a Mexican ship named 'HYALMO'. They decided to use only the first letter of each name, and the station call became 'HAM'."
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