..I suspect this thread might bring in a few FR Hams....
Never a ‘ham’ but was Navy Radio Op (Morse Code—got my legal ‘ticket’ from ComNavForJapan October 1961 (5-61) (had been using my ‘bug’ for years prior)—spent many a day ‘chasing dits’, a job I really enjoyed.
I used to tell my ‘ham’ buddies, I was never an “Amateur Operator”, I was always a Professional....
Old saying, “I copied Morse Code for 20 or so years and it never bothered me a bit, didit didit didit?
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I used to tell my ‘ham’ buddies, I was never an “Amateur Operator”, I was always a Professional.... I was a 'perfessional' in radio for a couple of years before I was a 'amatoor.' [Although I will confess to being a 'Charlie Bander' before I were a pro.]
We used to joke around at our dinky commercial stations by saying our station ID with the zone digit in the middle (e.g., "W9RMN). Never had the guts to do it on the air though.