Found 2 large bumps on my Rover battery and had them tested.
One came back positive. Google says it’s terminal. l was shocked.
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I went out as Rover in sub-zero temperatures last weekend.
All weekend my antennas gave me a cold reception.
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My VHF gear takes me by surprise with great frequency.
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New equipment presents new QRN.
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If all else fails, lower your expectations..
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Rover gear will be damaged in direct proportion to its importance.
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Starting next week, passwords must be entered in Morse code.
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A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.
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It was a misconfiguration of the power circuit.
The Powerpole connectors were disconnected.
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No amount of careful planning will ever replace dumb luck.
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Microwave rovers do it with great frequency.
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You're at the end of the road again.
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If you give your contest exchange so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will.
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Can VHF contesting be an addiction?
Depends on the frequency.
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A Rover in motion will always be headed in the wrong direction.
A Rover at rest will always be in the wrong place.
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A Rover is a machine for converting coffee into QSOs.
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There is no traffic until you need to make a left turn.
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The road to success for a Rover is always under construction.
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Anything done while honking your horn is legal.
You may park anywhere if you turn your four-way flashers on.
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Careful planning has no affect on either Saturday or Sunday.
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The last gas station for 50 miles will be closed when you get there.
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Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come.
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No exchange is so simple it cannot be misunderstood.
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Highways in the worst need of repair have low traffic counts.
Ergo, they result in low priority for repair work.
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Don't believe in miracles.
Depend on them!
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A new grid will pop up just after you've taken a big bite of apple.
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No matter where you <b>QSY</b>, there you are.
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I like to add 'challenges' to the radio activities I engage in.
Next VHF contest I'll do in lower sideband.
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Chance favors the prepared Rover.
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Buckle Up.
It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of the Rover.
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A detour is the roughest distance between two points.
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Experience is the name Rovers give to their mistakes.
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Operating as Rover is not a matter of life and death.
It's <b>way</b> more important than that.
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Everything always ends well.
If not – it's probably not the end.
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Confidence: What you start off with before you completely understand the situation.
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No matter what grid you activate, there you are.
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There's no limit to how bad things can get.
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I think I need a new Rover vehicle.
My odometer reads out in Roman Numerals.
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With the rise of self-driving vehicles, it's only a matter of time before we get a country song where a guy's rover leaves him, too.
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The most exciting results happen only once.
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Given a bad start, trouble will increase exponentially.
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A pedestrian is a Rover who thought his wife gassed up the vehicle.
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There's never enough time to do it right,
but there's always another contest to do it over.
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A flashlight is a container for holding dead batteries.
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I guess I've been contesting for a long time now.
I still use my first quill to fill out the log.
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Indecision is the key to flexibility.
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An optimist is a Rover who looks forward to the scenery on a detour.
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There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation.
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It takes thousands of nuts to assemble a vehicle,
but only one nut to scatter it all over the countryside.
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Every Rover problem can be solved;
except maybe refolding the road map.
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If you find a route with no obstacles -- it probably doesn't go anywhere.
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As the propagation expands on Six,
so does the entropy on 50.125.
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You're not lost.
You are just "exploring".
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The trouble with being carried away with enthusiasm is that sometimes you have to walk back.
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OFFER: Dead batteries -- free of charge!
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Hotel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone.
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Experience is a wonderful thing.
It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
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There are two procedures for arguing with the contest robot. Neither works.
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There's no time to stop for gas; you're already behind.
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A rove of a thousand miles begins with a single grid.
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A rove of a thousand miles begins with a high limit credit card.
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Sporadic E is just a matter of timing.
You have to start out two days ago.
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A rove of a thousand  miles begins with leaving your wallet on the dresser.
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The worst indicator light: "<b>Check Engine</b>"
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When planning a roving route, count on assumptions to automatically add unnecessary delay times.
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Good luck is inversely proportional to good timing.
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The Voice of Experience never speaks up until it's too late.
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The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time.
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If a QSO exchange can be interpreted in several ways, it will be interpreted in a manner that maximizes the point loss.
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If someone giving you directions says at any time, "You can't miss it," be assured than you will
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The distance to the next grid square is inversely proportional to both your fuel level and the time remaining in the contest.
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All's well that ends...
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However much time you have is how long it will take.
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The other traffic lane moves faster.
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The probability of a given event occurring is inversely proportional to its desirability.
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Under the most carefully controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, humidity and other variables, your equipment will perform as it damn well pleases.
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Never trust results you get on a Friday afternoon until you can repeat the results at 1800Z on Saturday.
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If you can't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at in the contest.
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Dedication is going from failure to failure (grid to grid) without a loss of enthusiasm.
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Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
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If a Rover views his situation closely enough,
he will recognize himself as part of the problem.
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If it's worth doing, it's worth over-doing.
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All probabilities are 50%.
Either a thing will happen, or it won't.
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It always takes longer to get there than to get back.
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New equipment generates new problems.
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If a situation requires undivided attention, it will occur at the same time as a compelling distraction.
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The time it takes to rectify a situation is inversely proportional to the time it took to do the damage.
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You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it damnfoolproof.
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You can always find what you're not looking for.
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If you don't care where you are, you ain't lost.
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Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment.
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Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other.
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Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
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Complex problems have simple, easy-to-understand wrong answers.
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If anything <i>can't</i> go wrong, it will.
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If a series of events can go wrong, it will do so in the worst possible sequence.
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After things have gone from bad to worse,
the cycle will repeat itself.
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Nothing is ever so bad that it can't get worse.
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When the going gets tough, everybody leaves.
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Hindsight is an exact science.
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If several thing that could have gone wrong did <b>not</b> go wrong,
it would've ultimately been better for them to have gone wrong.
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A lack of propagation is no excuse for inaction.
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A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.
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Experience is something a Rover doesn't acquire until just after it's needed.
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A Rover's gotta know his limitations.
-- paraphrasing Clint Eastwood
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A well adjusted Rover is one who makes the
same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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Above all else - sky.
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A Rover's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a weekend for?
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
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A Rover does for love what others would not do for money.
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A careful Rover is someone who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.
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A bird in the hand makes it awfully hard to use the mic.
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90% of the contest score takes 90% of the time.
The remaining 10% takes the other 90% of the time.
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A Rover on a moped is an obvious cycle-path.
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All bridges conceal trolls.
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VHF contesting is a full contact sport.
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A Rover T-shirt:
"Bad decisions make good stories"
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Schrodinger's Corollary:
The condition of your radio gear is unknown until a contest commences.
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<b>Your Horoscope:</b>
&nbsp;You learn well from your mistakes.
&nbsp;You will learn a lot today.
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No plan survives the first encounter with reality.
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Another thing that makes the world go round is a detour sign.
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The test of a mature Rover is the ability to enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
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The wrong way always seems more reasonable.
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The inevitable seldom happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.
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There's more to learning than is taught in books.
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All signals a Rover hears off a fixed antenna will be coming from the opposite direction.
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A Rover in motion will be moving in the wrong direction.
A Rover at rest will be in the wrong place.
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A Rover with a watch knows what time it is.
A Rover with two watches is never sure.
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Rover Law #5: Anything dropped in the rover vehicle will roll under the passenger seat.
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If brute force doesn't solve your problems, then you aren't using enough.
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When a Rover is waiting for propagation to open up, it will occur when stepping out to pee.
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The only perfect wisdom is hindsight.
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The Rove of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt.
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Rover Law #1: Roving plans are merely a basis for changes.
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Rover Law #2: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
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Rover Law #3: If it can be borrowed and it can be broken, you will borrow it and you will break it.
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Rover Law #4: If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.
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Rover Safety Tip: If everything seems to be coming your way, you're probably in the wrong lane.
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Rover Law #6: The deficiency will never show itself during the dry runs.
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Rover Law #7: Anytime things appear to be going great, you have overlooked something.
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Rover Tip: A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because the worms are scarce.
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The first big bug to hit your clean rover windshield will land directly in front of your eyes.
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A Rover's experience correlates directly with equipment ruined.
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Rover Law #8: When any vehicle component fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient time possible.
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Rover Law #9: Any tool dropped while repairing the rover vehicle will roll under the vehicle to the exact dead center.
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Rover Law #10: A failure will not occur until a Rover has reached the second grid square.
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Rover Law #11: Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans.
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Rover Law #12: Toothaches tends to start on Saturday around 1800Z.
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The Rover: A triumph of hope over experience.
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Rover Law #13: Good planning randomizes outcome.
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Rover Law #14: The shortest distance between two grids is closed for construction.
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Rover Law #15: Four wheel drive just means getting stuck in more inaccessible places.
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Most well-trodden paths go nowhere.
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Whatever happens, look as if it were intended.
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Rover Law of Thermodynamics: Things get worse under pressure.
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Rover Law #16: You never run out of things that can go wrong.
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Rover Law #17: There are coexisting elements in frustration phenomena which separate expected results from achieved results.
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Trouble strikes in series of threes. But when working a contest, the next problem after a series of three is not a fourth -- it's the start of a brand new series of three.
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During a contest circumvent prolixity and eschew obfuscation.
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A failure will not occur until the contest begins.
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Hermetic seals will leak.
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In calculations, Murphy's Law will supersede Ohm's law.
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Specified environmental conditions will always be exceeded.
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Great propagation normally occurs two days prior and one day after the contest.
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A Rover who misses a rare grid invariably claims it was a grid he already had.
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When you install a new effective antenna, your amplifier will blow up.
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The best antenna you've ever had was the one caught on a low hanging tree branch.
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When you don't have time to send in a contest log, all the other Rover scores will be lower.
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Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable.
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When all else fails, read the instructions manual.
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It is never wise to let a piece of electronic equipment know that you are in a rush.
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Never attribute to Murphy's Law that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
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There are two kinds of tape, the one that won't stay on, and the one that won't come off.
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A carelessly planned rover setup takes three times longer than expected to complete; a carefully planned one takes only twice as long.
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The minute you sell something at the hamfest; you will want to use it again.
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No electronic component will work properly unless all of the smoke is kept therein.
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If you fool around with a thing for very long you will screw it up.
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You can fool all of the people some of the time,
and some of the people all of the time,
but you can't fool the contest robot.
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Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage.
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Whenever one number or letter can change the entire accuracy of a <b>QSO</b>, the probability of an error being made will be in direct proportion to the points loss that will occur.
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The tire is only flat on the bottom.
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Any piece of electronic equipment, regardless of its age or configuration, may be expected to perform at any time in a totally unexpected manner, for reasons that are either entirely obscure or else completely mysterious.
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The new transceiver will break down as soon as the old rig is sold.
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If a coax cable has one end, then it has another.
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For every problem, there is a neat, simple solution; and it is wrong.
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<b>QSO</b>s come and go, but <b>QRM</b> accumulates.
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No matter where you go, there you are.
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The easiest way to find a lost tool or piece of equipment is to buy a replacement.
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The trouble with experience as a teacher is that the test comes first and the lesson afterward.
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Never step in anything soft.
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If it cannot be done with jumpers, then it's not worth doing.
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Some days it's better to stay in bed.
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A Rover's contest is full of minor and major problems; some days you get both.
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If you can be off by one, you will be.
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Any QSO exchange that can be misunderstood, will be.
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He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next exit.
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Climate is what you expect.
Weather is what you get.
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Bad weather predictions are more often right than good ones.
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A route without obstacles probably leads nowhere.
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The worms start multiplying when the chicken stops scratching.
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The man that invented the eraser had contest logging pretty well sized up.
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The world is full of surprises -- very few of which are pleasant.
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Everything put together sooner or later falls apart.
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The cussedness of technical equipment is beyond understanding.
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Remember you are unique -- just like every other Rover.
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Any simple contest rule will be worded in the most complicated way.
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There is no technical problem that cannot be solved by bullheadedness and ignorance.
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A Rover needs a certain level of misery in life to ever truly be happy.
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If you think that fate is against you, it doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't.
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If you're wearing one brown shoe and one black shoe, you have a pair just like it back at the QTH.
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Go ahead; be a pessimist -- but it won't work out.
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Calling CQ can be like stringing beads with no knot on the end of the string.
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Cut to fit; beat into place.
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Some are weatherwise; some are otherwise.
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When working to the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
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Cheetahs are the world's fastest land animal.
However, since they never enter any contests, cheetahs can never win.
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If while tuning your antenna the SWR becomes 1:1, you're connected to a dummy load.
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Old Rovers never die, they just <b>QSB</b>.
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Old Rovers never die, they just <b>QSY</b>.
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Never go to <b>FN20wr</b>. It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there.
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Never go to <b>DM03vx</b>. It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there.
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Little Used <b>Q</b>-Signal:
<b>QCW</b> - I am going to whistle Morse Code on FM
<b>QCW?</b> - Why are you whistling Morse?
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