HOowdy everyone!

KJ5EKH ... just restarted theBBS up and wanted to
introduce myself.

73

Brian

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HOowdy everyone!

KJ5EKH ... just restarted theBBS up and wanted to
introduce myself.

73

Brian

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Howdy Brian,
QTH hr is in Indiana.

I have been using BBS's since 1984, I am only a User never been a SYSOP.
I have learned lots from others, thats why I am here( altho some folks say I am not all there).
Been called a LID since High School days even b4 getting a Novice license.
But I try to be a god LID
. . . . . .
73 de Ed W9ODR K
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Re: CQ CQ CQ
By: Ed Vance to Chipcunk on Fri Nov 07 2025 21:01:06

But I try to be a god LID

LID?

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Brian,

KJ5EKH ... just restarted theBBS up and wanted to
introduce myself.

Pleased to make your acquaintence.

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

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Re: CQ CQ CQ
By: Ed Vance to Chipcunk on Fri Nov 07 2025 21:01:06

LID?

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Definition for the word LID according to ARRL material in the late 1950's is "a poor operator".
The only legal word that can be sent by CW or Voice over Amateur Radio airwaves to insult another operator.

I suppose LID never is in any exams given by civilian VEC's but as I learned by hanging around the Radioroom Homeroom in High School LID is used instead of a cussword by Hams to describe someone they don't care to associate with.

HMMM?, think I will search on DuckDuckGo to see if LID has a different meaning than what I remember.
73 de Ed W9ODR k
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Re: CQ CQ CQ
By: Ed Vance to Mortar on Mon Nov 10 2025 21:40:20

HMMM?, think I will search on DuckDuckGo to see if LID has a different meaning than what I remember.

I know back in the '70s, a "lid" refeerred to a hat, as in, "Hey, man, nice lid!"

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Ed,

I suppose LID never is in any exams given by civilian VEC's but
as I learned by hanging around the Radioroom Homeroom in High
School LID is used instead of a cussword by Hams to describe
someone they don't care to associate with.

There needs to be something in the question pools about on the air
etiquette. There are far too many who feel that "It's an EMERGENCY,
if their ROUTINE traffic, which they CERTIFIED as PRIORITY, isn't
given precedence...so their HEALTH AND WELFARE (ego) is destroyed.

The world, ham radio, nets, or any other hobby, revolves around
NO ONE. While ham radio is a HOBBY, many consider it an OBSESSION,
as if it's "Do You, Ham...Take Radio...To Be Your Lawfully Wedded
Spouse??". For that matter, it's what Sysops do to their BBS's. <G>

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

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Re: CQ CQ CQ
By: Ed Vance to Mortar on Mon Nov 10 2025 21:40:20

I know back in the '70s, a "lid" refeerred to a hat, as in, "Hey, man, nice lid!"

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Yes, I have heard of a hat beingcalled a lid.
.
I searched on DuckDuckGo for the capitalized word LID and the results were about Mason Jar lids
Then i searched for Radio LID and read sone results about Telegraphers in the early days using the term for a novice telegrapher and also about a telegrapher that was difficult to read when he was sending code ..

Whenreading about the term LID in ham radio publications I always have seen the three letters inUpper Case.

I believe the results for my search for radio LID took mt to an article on StackExchange. (I think).
Ed
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Ed,

There needs to be something in the question pools about on the air etiquette. There are far too many who feel that "It's an EMERGENCY,
if their ROUTINE traffic, which they CERTIFIED as PRIORITY, isn't
given precedence...so their HEALTH AND WELFARE (ego) is destroyed.

The world, ham radio, nets, or any other hobby, revolves around
NO ONE. While ham radio is a HOBBY, many consider it an OBSESSION,
as if it's "Do You, Ham...Take Radio...To Be Your Lawfully Wedded
Spouse??". For that matter, it's what Sysops do to their BBS's. <G>

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

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Everyone has opinions, I just have a problem having everyone accepting My opinion.
But You, as a SYSOP have final word on your BBS.
Ed
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Ed,

Everyone has opinions, I just have a problem having everyone
accepting My opinion.

I may not always be right, but I'm never wrong (hi hi).

But You, as a SYSOP have final word on your BBS.

The same applies as a VE Team Liaison...but I try not to make
the folks at ARRL/VEC, especially when it's headed up by a female.

I was on VHF 2 meters for the first time in 6 1/2 years the other
night, and noted about the upcoming unsettled weather pattern...but
also on my being the VE Team Leader for the University Of Arkansas
At Little Rock (UALR) Ham Radio Club...and that we tested 4 times
a year on campus.

I got 4 inquiries...2 who had let their licenses lapse, and 2 who
wanted to upgrade. So, I have my contact email on the air, and also
alerted my VE Team that "we may be busy for our first session in
2026". We normally don't test during the winter months, due to the
potential for winter or severe weather.

I did note that the Technician Class Question Pool changes on
July 1...but no one has any idea how much of a change there will
be. Yet, if they study the wrong material beforehand, they are
just wasting their time and money preparing to take the exam.

To me, a Sysop, or Net Control, is the same as the head referee,
or the home plate umpire. They can send you to the showers in a
heartbeat. And, if one doesn't want to play by the rules, there
are plenty of other BBS's or traffic nets that they can take part
in.

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

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