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Scott
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Partially recovered alt-photo evangelist
On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Tox <scott.small@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
For one review of the etymology: https://en.wikipedi
a.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio
On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 02/02/2017 06:34 PM, mail1 wrote:
Some where long time ago I remember ham was connected to the CW sending
ability, a comment made about bad technique.
Jonathan Ayers AI6NA
I thought an inexperienced CW operator was called a LID, and I do not
know where that came from.
A good remark on a good signal, well sent, would be SOLID,
but a LID might begin his reply SO LID... which could be interpreted as
an insult.
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