A CQ Exclusive: Lauton Institute's Center for Research of Abnormal Personalities Offers Explanations for On-Air Misbehavior by Radio Amateurs

摘要

In the October 2013 issue of CQ, James Millner, WB2REM, a licensed psychologist of 25 years, addressed a subject near and dear to the hearts of all amateur radio operators and especially DXers: The Psychology of the QRMer. While Millner's article was not intended to provide a clinical analysis of the abnormal beha viors exhibited by some operators among us, his work did touch on the underlying factors and what operators could do to avoid unpleasant on-air experiences. In this article, Professor Heisseluft expands on Millner's work, revealing for the first time some of the remarkable clinical diagnoses associated with QRMers and DX operators. These are identified for us by the former director of the Lauton Institute's Center for Research of Abnormal Personalities. Readers will find the result both revealing and frightening.