31.   Of course amateur ham radio by law is strictly noncommercial.

32.   One of the big satisfactions of introducing people to ham radio comes several weeks after writing the column.

33.   Part of my joy in ham radio is that it is very much like fishing, except you fish in the virtual waters of the radio waves.

34.   Pulver, a computer network administrator on Wall Street, drifted into the Internet from ham radio.

35.   Severed phone lines on the Bay Islands made it difficult to gauge the extent of the damage there, but ham radio reports indicated it was extensive.

36.   Some operated ham radios.

37.   That has kept the process of linking to cyberspace a relatively awkward procedure in some ways akin to using a ham radio.

38.   That means -- and I know this is corny but ham radio is a corny hobby -- that you never talk to a stranger.

39.   That has kept the process of linking to cyberspace a relatively awkward process in some ways akin to using a ham radio.

40.   The casual walkie-talkies do not require a license, unlike ham radios.