[Boatanchors] LId? Re: Wouff Hong - rettysnitch and other symbols

[Steve Belcher]

In the days of the telegraph, operators would put a tobacco can on the 
sounder to amplify the clicks, when a poor fist was on the line, the 
operator would put it a lid on the can to cut down on the sound  as long as 
the traffic was not directed to their station..

This is the explanation I grew up with.. Happy New Year - Steve W1TAV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Poole WA1RKT" <wa1rkt at comcast.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Wouff Hong - rettysnitch and other symbols


>
> From: "Kenneth Grimm" <grimm at sbc.edu>
>>>
>>> I am at a complete loss as to the origin of the term "lid"
>
> So is everyone else.  :-)
>
> There are dozens of oft-repeated stories about the origin of the term. 
> All of them are absolutely authoritative (just ask their authors), and all 
> of them (with the possible exception of one, and no one knows which one 
> that is) are pure baloney.
>
> The origin of "lid" (and "ham" and others) has been long lost to the sands 
> of time.
>
> Rick WA1RKT
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