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Summer is a wonderful time for throwing the radio in the car or a backpack and launching yourself into the great outdoors. With QSO parties, county hunters and mountain lookouts calling, this puzzle should get your tootsies tickled for traveling. Bon voyage!

Ward "Hard Travelin' " Silver, N0AX, 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. Path for feet
3. Home location while exploring (two words)
8. Guides to the territory
10. To staff or operate
11. Lighter-than-air antenna supports
14. Prepare to throw
16. Have an accident, go here
17. Next to
18. Handheld radio (abbr.)
19. Temporary type of mount
20. Telegrapher's laugh
21. Directional Antenna
24. High spot for transmitting
26. Companion to TCP
27. Portable shelter
29. Route (abbr.)
30. Between
31. Low power (abbr.)
33. Keeps a camper warm
35. Not hard
37. Informal style of travel
38. Energy from the sun
40. Opposite of she
42. Following the signature
43. A weekend without a shower results in this
44. Activating a repeater
46. Lightweight antennas are made of these
48. Smallest state of the 50
49. Relay that switches between transmit and receive
50. State where the tall corn grows
51. Uses the wind for lift
53. Noise from the engine
54. Writing stick
55. Path for cars
56. Boat speed (abbr.)

Down

1. Contains vacuum
2. Above Sea Level (abbr.)
3. Data rate (abbr.)
4. Standy (CW prosign)
5. Give off or radiate
6. Slang for headphone
7. My Dinner With ...
8. Operate from a car
9. CQ to answer ... callers
12. Appendage used for throwing
13. Not heavy
14. Flexible antenna
15. Propel fluid
20. At a high temperature
21. Convenient place to mount antennas on cars
22. Give this assistance first
23. Clear nights are ...
25. Natural antenna supports
28. Average
30. End of message (CW prosign)
31. These will be waiting for you after the expedition
32. Sign off
33. Rapid signal variation
34. It is (Latin abbr.)
36. Hikers need a good one
39. Operator (abbr.)
41. Unwanted picnic visitor
43. Big mountain critter
44. Walk in the wild
45. Rectangular geographical division
46. Stand by
47. Transmit
50. Indelible marking fluid
52. A cat that's out wants this