Here are some explainations of "LID operator" from AC6V.COM It has nothing to do with being 'lazy' and your work ethics.
I am sure there will those who will try and twist this into meaning something that is not ment or nor implied. Willis ORIGIN OF LID 1. My granddad was a railroad telegrapher. He said that the term lid came from operators who would put the lid of a Prince Albert tobacco tin on the sounder so they could copy the code easier. It was a practice that was frowned on by operators who did not have to do this and it became the slang used for bad operators. They would also say that such an operator had a "tin ear". 2. The best explaination I have heard was that if "lid" was not sent properly in landline (American Morse) code, it sounded like "dd": daaah, dit dit, dah dit dit. (daaah = long dash) It was a basic test of a proficient operator. 3. I have also heard that LID came from the early days of land morse.. an operator who could not send well put a LID eg: slowed down the traffic _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
