[South Florida DX Association] Your A DXer or Contestor If:
Bill Marx
bmarx at bellsouth.net
Sun Dec 10 13:58:50 EST 2006
o You buy black electrical tape in ten packs.
o You've stripped hard line with your teeth.
o You've grabbed the wrong end of a soldering iron.
o You answer with your call, or give out RST reports, when you're on the
cellphone.
o The propagation forecast (usually) means far more to you than the local
weather forecast.
o You tell the XYL, when she notices a new rig in the shack, "why that's
been there for years!"
o Your watch is set to ZULU time.
o At night, when you pray, it starts off something like: CQ GOD CQ GOD DE
(your call sign).
o CQ, QST and the NCJ comprise more than 80% of your bathroom library.
o You ever tapped out "TEST" in CW on your car horn to another ham.
o You and the XYL go to Ft. Lauderdale and take a Bahamas cruise just so
you could visit the radio room.
o Your teenager refuses to ride in your car during FQP WEEK because it
looks like a porcupine.
o You know the exact Latitude and Longitude of your home QTH.
o You go into the local Radio Shack store and the clerk asks YOU where
something is!
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