What exactly is a "lid"? A derogatory term for someone who asks silly questions I suppose. Anyone know the origin of the term?
73 Paul ZL3IN ---------------------- You'll get 100 answers at least to that question. In modern vernacular, a "LID" is a new operator. Hence he/she is likely to commit endless faux pas on the air, probably have a shaky, rough fist, scramble copy often and generally require a lot of extra effort to understand and to be understood by. Usually a good sort, a LID deserves whatever help he can get from the rest of the ops as he develops his operating skills. The most likely origin for "LID" comes from the days of wire telegraph in which a messaging office might have a number of operating positions with the individual sounders all clacking away with Morse. Newcomers were often totally distracted by the cacophony of noise and unable to separate the clacks of their sounder from those around them. One solution was to attach something, usually the lid of a tobacco tin, to their sounder so it would make a distinctive noise apart from all the others to help the new operator copy. Hence, a new operator as a "LID". Anyway, it's a nice story... Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
