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Subj: What is a LID? (the answer)
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From: G4AUX@GB7BOB.#16.GBR.EU
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G0TEZ wrote:-
> I don't know what a "LID' is though, perhaps someone can enlighten me.
FYI Ian:-
Are You a Lid?
What is a lid?
Originally, early landline telegraphers coined the term. It was used as a term
of derision, and applied to inept operators, some of whom placed the lid of a
tobacco can on their sounders, which had the effect of amplifying and adding a
"ring" to the clacking of the sounder.
Amateurs adopted the term to describe incompetent operators. Here's a little
test to see if you are a Lid. Be honest!
1. Do you ever "clear" and stay on the same frequency?
2. Do you ever say "W8XXX, for ID," when giving your call?
3. Do you ever call another amateur, and receiving no answer, say "Negative
contact"?
4. Do you use the word "personal" when you mean name?
5. Do you use phonetics on repeaters, when you know your signal is full
quieting?
6. When someone asks you a question, and you're not totally certain of the
answer, do you give an answer anyway, just because you're afraid of
appearing less than knowledgeable?
7. Do you use the word "break" when trying to get into a QSO or roundtable?
8. Do you (it pains me to ask, but I have to) use 10 signals, as in 10-4,
10-20, etc.?
9. If you're DXing, do you just go ahead and join the pile-up, without
knowing exactly whom you're calling...and then have to embarrass
yourself by asking for the DX station's call?
10. Do people clear, QRT or QSY when you try to join a QSO or roundtable?
11. Do you think Macedonia is that town near Cleveland where Paul Brown
first coached the local high school team?
12. Do you think the word "feedline" has something to do with fishing?
13. Do you think "copystick" is a synonym for a vertical antenna?
14. Do you use the term "flatside" to describe a horizontal antenna?
15. Do you break into a QSO or roundtable by announcing W8XXX "listening"?
16. Do you carry your station on your hip and think you're a real ham?
Scoring:
1 to 3 yesses--you're like the rest of us
4 to 8 yesses--you're a borderline Lid. Straighten up your act
9 to 12 yesses--you're a Lid. You need a lot of work. E-mail me. I can pound
you into shape
13 to 16 yesses--you're a dyed-in-the-wool, hardcore, tin-plated Lid. Cut up
your license and send it back to the FCC, sell your ham gear, and explore the
wonders of the chicken band!
Originally written in 1997 by W8XXX?, however the above parameters
still apply in 2002.
--
73 de Peter, G4AUX @ GB7BOB.#16.GBR.EU
Date/Time stamp: 03 Aug 2002 @ 15:28. Z
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