Ham radio is a popular term for amateur radio, derived from "ham" as an informal name for an amateur radio operator. The use first appeared in the United...
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amateur radio satellite was launched. OSCAR I would be the first of a series of amateur radio satellites created throughout the world. Ham radio enthusiasts...
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Retrieved 14 July 2022. "radio (n.)". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 13 July 2022. Bell, Alexander Graham (July 1881). "Production of Sound by Radiant...
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English-language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Countries in italics are endonyms...
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QRP operation (redirect from QRP (amateur radio))
February 2011). Ham Radio For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-118-05419-2 – via Google Books. Weiss, Adrian (1987). History of QRP in the U...
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QRZ.com (category Amateur radio)
the lookup of ham radio call signs from every country in the world. The website features a personal web page where registered amateur radio operators can...
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The Tolkien Reader (category Collections of works by J. R. R. Tolkien)
Fellowship of the Ring. Farmer Giles of Ham, a tale about a “semilegendary England,” grew out of Tolkien's curiosity about the etymology of place-names...
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beings like the Valar, though of lesser power. Tolkien invented the name "Balrog", providing an in-universe etymology for it as a word in his invented...
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Germany (redirect from Etymology of Germany)
the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020. "Guide to German Hams and Sausages". German Foods North America. Archived from the original on...
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Brutus is the grandson or great grandson of Aeneas – a legend that was perhaps inspired by Isidore's spurious etymology and blends it with the Christian, pseudo-historical...
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