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It came from hams so it must be "TRUE"

below is the dictionary definition of the word AMATEUR,I'd pay particular note to number 3 with the emphasis on the words unskilled and inexperienced, and also to the synomyn "NOVICE".Despite the fact many will baffle you with bull to convince you their amateur licence is actually a phd in rf engineering.

–noun 1. a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons. Compare professional. 2. an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize. 3. a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity: Hunting lions is not for amateurs. 4. a person who admires something; devotee; fan: an amateur of the cinema.
–adjective 5. characteristic of or engaged in by an amateur; nonprofessional: an amateur painter; amateur tennis.

Origin:
1775–85; < F, MF < L amātor lover, equiv. to amā- (s. of amāre to love) + -tor -tor, replaced by F -teur (< L -tōr-, obl. s. of -tor); see -eur

Synonyms:
2. nonprofessional. 3. dilettante, tyro, novice.

<blockquote data-quote="jazzsinger" data-source="post: 157882" data-attributes="member: 7426">It came from hams so it must be &quot;TRUE&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":thumbup:" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbup:"&nbsp; data-smilie="27"data-shortname=":thumbup:" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":thumbup:" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbup:"&nbsp; data-smilie="27"data-shortname=":thumbup:" />below is the dictionary definition of the word AMATEUR,I&#039;d pay particular note to number 3 with the emphasis on the words unskilled and inexperienced, and also to the synomyn &quot;NOVICE&quot;.Despite the fact many will baffle you with bull to convince you their amateur licence is actually a phd in rf engineering.&nbsp;–noun&nbsp;&nbsp; 1. a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons. Compare <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=professional&amp;db=luna" target="_blank">professional</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2. an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 3. a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity: Hunting lions is not for amateurs.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4. a person who admires something; devotee; fan: an amateur of the cinema.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;–adjective&nbsp;&nbsp; 5. characteristic of or engaged in by an amateur; nonprofessional: an amateur painter; amateur tennis.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Origin: 1775–85; &lt; F, MF &lt; L amātor lover, equiv. to amā- (s. of amāre to love) + -tor&nbsp; <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=-tor&amp;db=luna" target="_blank">-tor</a>, replaced by F -teur (&lt; L -tōr-, obl. s. of -tor); see <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=-eur&amp;db=luna" target="_blank">-eur</a> <img src="http://sp.ask.com/dictstatic/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&nbsp;&nbsp;Synonyms:2. nonprofessional. 3. dilettante, tyro, novice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jazzsinger, post: 157882, member: 7426"] It came from hams so it must be "TRUE" :thumbup::thumbup: below is the dictionary definition of the word AMATEUR,I'd pay particular note to number 3 with the emphasis on the words unskilled and inexperienced, and also to the synomyn "NOVICE".Despite the fact many will baffle you with bull to convince you their amateur licence is actually a phd in rf engineering. –noun 1. a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons. Compare [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=professional&db=luna"]professional[/URL]. 2. an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize. 3. a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity: Hunting lions is not for amateurs. 4. a person who admires something; devotee; fan: an amateur of the cinema. –adjective 5. characteristic of or engaged in by an amateur; nonprofessional: an amateur painter; amateur tennis. [B]Origin: [/B] 1775–85; < F, MF < L amātor lover, equiv. to amā- (s. of amāre to love) + -tor [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=-tor&db=luna"]-tor[/URL], replaced by F -teur (< L -tōr-, obl. s. of -tor); see [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=-eur&db=luna"]-eur[/URL] [IMG]http://sp.ask.com/dictstatic/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png[/IMG] Synonyms: 2. nonprofessional. 3. dilettante, tyro, novice. [/QUOTE]

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