On: Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio?

[bityard]

Are you saying that the ham bands should be opened up for commercial exploitation? Because if so, I recommend cracking open a radio history book and reading up on the reasons why those bands were intentionally set aside for non-commercial use by the FCC in the very beginning.

Also, HAM is not an acronym.

[jjulius → bityard]

> Although not an acronym, it is often written as "HAM" in capital letters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio

See also: the many uses of "HAM" throughout this thread.