radio amateur

See also: radioamateur

English

Noun

radio amateur (plural radio amateurs)

1. A person who practises the hobby of amateur radio. Radio amateurs must possess a licence issued by the relevant authority in the country in which they live, and must pass an exam before they can obtain a licence to operate.

Synonyms

• amateur radio operator
• ham (Etymology 3)
• radio ham

Related terms

• amateur radio

Translations

person who practises the hobby of amateur radio

• Dutch: radioamateur (nl) m
• Esperanto: radioamatoro (eo)
• Finnish: radioamatööri (fi)
• French: radioamateur (fr) m, radioamatrice (fr) f
• German: Funkamateur (de) m, Amateurfunker (de) m; Funkamateurin (de) f, Amateurfunkerin (de) f
• Greek: ραδιοερασιτέχνης m (radioerasitéchnis)
• Indonesian: amatir radio
• Portuguese: radioamador m
• Russian: радиолюби́тель (ru) m (radioljubítelʹ)

Anagrams

• amateur radio