At 08:44 PM 3/20/2013, you wrote:
The link is to a 1958 Sports Illustrated article, about Ham Radio being a sport. If you have seen it before, sorry for the bandwidth, but I found it interesting reading, maybe some others will also...
Interesting. A "sportsman" in its most general sense is someone who as an individual or member of a group participates in an activity for pleasure. Often (but not necessarily) these activities are athletic in nature. A very general term having different connotations in different contexts and times. Amateur Radio could be considered a Sport compared to commercial radio and a Ham a 'Sportsman' as compared to a commercial radio operator. One of the connotations of a sportsman is that he is an "Amateur". I think this usage in this context would be more common in the 1930's (or the 50's) than today.
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