I got into the nerd field when I was about 8, working on desgning and bulding radios. I worked in nerding up until the very late '90s, in radio, control, measurment, sensing, and computers. I know that many of my collegues were at least Aspie and some were HFA. It goes with the creation of any new technology.
Short story is I don't know who was DXed and who was just there. I didn't learn there was a DX until I was 66.
Pops
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