![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 : 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 :](https://external-preview.redd.it/UJbadAFh1f1rpWWaJbPzCuJPKR5nbHa2zNrvoxsHdfY.jpg?auto=webp&s=ac2b90234799249803ee6172b528478369aecf45)
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 :
![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? : 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? :](https://external-preview.redd.it/bfGC4mA3mmDbOVUqXXGeShj4GZfMvZvBvOhNauQ_BCo.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=54d646dc8f1fb1f749915cc460c1fd6c99b8bde6)
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? :
![New LPSN Advanced search page showing the default radio button settings. | Download Scientific Diagram New LPSN Advanced search page showing the default radio button settings. | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343176694/figure/fig2/AS:987282140053505@1612397813655/New-LPSN-Advanced-search-page-showing-the-default-radio-button-settings_Q640.jpg)