Re: LF: RE: EA4BVZ to night

[pa3abk <pa3abk@kpnmail.nl>]

Op 24-11-2010 11:16, Rik Strobbe schreef:
> ...
> So no need for calling (and certainly not for calling him LID).
> 73, Rik  ON7YD - OR7T
Sri had to look up LID (was unknown to me)
qte

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".

unqte

With a nice start this eve of 539  he is slowly building up, after a dip 
into the noise @1840UTC.
Considering the setup here in a QRM urban area he is doing fine.
Jan/pa3abk