DXing, county hunting, WAS and even Ragchewer's Club--what ham doesn't occasionally succumb to the lure of fame and fortune, to the desire to chase after the buried treasure lurking out there on the bands? Each award and prize has its own quirks and quips--how many do you know?

Ward Silver, N0AX, (aka "The Walt Whitman of Wallpaper") authors--among numerous other things--the Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler, which appears twice a month on the ARRL Web site. He can be reached by e-mail at n0ax@arrl.net or by surface mail at Aetherworks Publishing, 22916 107th Ave NW, Vashon, WA, 98070.

Across

1. CQ Zone 15 country prefix
3. Paper awards
9. Get a tip to be in the...
11. Determine a bearing (abbr.)
12. Test one's ability
15. Pirate's name
16. Controlled
17. Break through a pileup
18. Type of interference (abbr.)
19. Popular QST column ".... DX?"
21. Fall asleep - ... off
22. Early father of DXCC
24. Beam towards a point
25. Small unit of energy
27. Marks east-west location (abbr.)
28. Finish
29. VE7 abbreviation
31. Color of lagoon water
33. Russian region
35. Computer processor (abbr.)
36. You're done when you've worked this many
39. Award administrator
41. Read-only (abbr.)
43. Small VHF radio (abbr.)
44. Canadian region
45. DXCC unit
48. Another CQ Zone 15 country prefix
49. Regarding (abbr.)
51. Appendage glasses rest upon
52. Opposite of OM
53. Convex trophy
54. Circuit (abbr.)

Down

1. Yet another CQ Zone 15 country prefix
2. Approve
3. First digital mode
4. Competitive group members
5. Live life to its...
6. Six of these on earth
7. A busy pileup
8. What the palm trees did to the DXpeditioners
10. Grounchy elder (abbr.)
12. Clock (abbr.)
13. A state and a laugh
14. Wire size (abbr.)
15. A learned individual
19. The best roll
20. Slang for awards
22. Failed at introduction (abbr.)
23. Direction toward a point
26. Read (abbr.)
28. Collection of deceased's property
30. Regions within U.S. states
32. The final courtesy
34. Rule for certification of contacts (abbr.)
36. Type of horn blown in Switzerland
37. Hunt these in the air
38. Divides the earth into squares
40. Do this when the dinner bell rings
42. The sole station
43. Height (abbr.)
46. A short snooze
47. The DX-er's currency
50. Local ARES leader (abbr.)