Hi George, Interesting story, where did you hear/find that? I've heard "lids" were somewhat undesireable for decades, and that the term stemmed from the telegraph days,but never heard any explanationregarding the origin of the term.Mike KE0ZU
I love the translation!! The term Lid apparently comes from the landline
telegraph days, where there would be multiple op's in one room transmitting
and receiving different messages at the same time. The sounders sounded
pretty much alike so some ops attached a piece of metal (a can lid perhaps)
You almost have it.. Putting a tobacco can on the sounder was a common
practice. When there was a Bad operator or someone didn't what to copy what was
on the wire, they would Put A Lid On It .. Bad ops became known as lids
and today we still use the term, Put a Lid On It when we don't what to
, December 02, 2008 11:27 AM
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Subject: RE: [AMRadio] BTW, some of the biggest LIDS are Extras
You almost have it.. Putting a tobacco can on the sounder was a common
practice. When there was a Bad operator or someone didn't
I'm not sure that being a LID is confined to any one license class.? However,
there is a tendency for a person to think that when he has been doing the same
thing the same way for a long time, he must be in the right, and others not
so much.
BTW, Loud Ignorant Dummy (LID) works for me
73
Nope.. it's sure not confined to the Extra Class license holder. When I
was a Novice and even a General if my cw wasn't up to par or if my
operating practices were not sharp I was called a LID, more than once!
It makes us all better operators to be critiqued honestly. Back in those
days you heard
K5SEE said: I'm not sure that being a LID is confined to any one license
class
They appear to be popular in New Jersey:
http://w2dtc.com/lids.jpg
73,
Ken W2DTC
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