Where does the term "LID" come from?
 

I've heard the term "LID" used on ham radio to describe a poor
operator. Any idea where the term came from?

-HRB

HRB wrote:
I've heard the term "LID" used on ham radio to describe a poor
operator. Any idea where the term came from?

There are different possible explanations, just like for many
other words of "Ham Speak". AC6V has compiled a collection of
explanations on his website: http://www.ac6v.com/73.htm

73, - another mystical one!
--
Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK * Dresden, Germany * http://fkurz.net/

HRB:

You mean:
"Licensed IDiot" isn't where it came from?

You can be around for years and learn something new everyday!

John

"HRB" wrote in message
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I've heard the term "LID" used on ham radio to describe a poor
operator. Any idea where the term came from?

-HRB

Not likely....since the term LID was found way back during the landline rail
road Morse era, which pre-dates any sort of radio licensing.

Dan/W4NTI

"John Smith" wrote in message
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HRB:

You mean:
"Licensed IDiot" isn't where it came from?

You can be around for years and learn something new everyday!

John

"HRB" wrote in message
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I've heard the term "LID" used on ham radio to describe a poor
operator. Any idea where the term came from?

-HRB

hmmm...

They didn't have either or both back then? Licenses and/or idiots?

Wow, that is hard to imagine, a time before idiots and "control freaks!"
Amazing!

John

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
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Not likely....since the term LID was found way back during the landline rail
road Morse era, which pre-dates any sort of radio licensing.

Dan/W4NTI

"John Smith" wrote in message
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HRB:

You mean:
"Licensed IDiot" isn't where it came from?

You can be around for years and learn something new everyday!

John

"HRB" wrote in message
...

I've heard the term "LID" used on ham radio to describe a poor
operator. Any idea where the term came from?

-HRB

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Dan/W4NTI

"John Smith" wrote in message
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hmmm...

They didn't have either or both back then? Licenses and/or idiots?

Wow, that is hard to imagine, a time before idiots and "control freaks!"
Amazing!

John

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
ink.net...
Not likely....since the term LID was found way back during the landline
rail road Morse era, which pre-dates any sort of radio licensing.

Dan/W4NTI

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
HRB:

You mean:
"Licensed IDiot" isn't where it came from?

You can be around for years and learn something new everyday!

John

"HRB" wrote in message
...

I've heard the term "LID" used on ham radio to describe a poor
operator. Any idea where the term came from?

-HRB