[Elecraft] Is ham radio a sport ??

[Jim Dunstan]

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.

Jim, VE3CI