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There are a surprising number of hams sending pictures around the globe. Can you name four different methods? They're all buried in this puzzle somewhere. This week's puzzle is devoted to the intricacies of beaming those smiling faces via the airwaves. Put on that beret, pull up a director's chair and...three, two, one...Roll 'Em!

Ward 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. Screen side where the picture starts
4. Difference between light and dark level
10. An undistorted signal
12. ... he's a jolly good fellow
13. A picture signal
14. CW abbreviation for husband
16. One trace of the beam across the screen
18. Abbreviation for amateur fast-scan images
20. Modulation for television audio
22. A repeater's squelch operates this circuit (acronym)
23. CW signal report
25. Listening organ
26. Digital light sensor (acronym)
27. An entire television visual field
28. Acronym for audio and video equipment
29. CW prosign for End-of-Message
30. Professional broadcast engineering society (acronym)
31. Unit of current
32. The mode is hell
35. Three-component color (acronym)
37. Another word for beam
38. Network interface accessory (acronym)
39. Causes a painful burn on a microphone
41. If you're gone without permission (acronym)
43. Single-sheet pictures
48. Slang for a radio
49. Modulation for television picture
50. CW prosign for a dash
52. Direction of each trace across a screen
56. Off-Center (acronym)
57. Acronym for a television signal standard
58. Amount of amplification
60. Not yours
61. Social ham group
62. Lens made from closely-spaced lines

Down

1. Perform in real time
2. Slowly dim picture to black
3. Good luck!
4. Picture capturing device
5. Energized
6. Thanks!
7. Circuit that locks an FM receiver to a signal (acronym)
8. A needle pulling thread
9. Fine adjustment
10. Picture for calibrating color (two words)
11. Long time
15. Picture used for testing
17. Invisible light (acronym)
19. Up and down direction
20. One complete screen
21. Recording device (acronym)
24. Big contest in November (abbr.)
26. These provide a reference for sidebands
30. ARRL Section official (acronym)
32. Pulse that keeps time
33. Precedes E-I-O
34. Lose lock and the picture will do this
36. Increased light areas make the picture look this way
40. Ratio of circumference to diameter
42. It's world wide
44. French friend
45. Type of scans on 20-meters
46. Dull or non-reflective
47. Artificial picture
51. Color shading
53. Oscillator (abbr.)
54. The three basic component types (acronym)
55. Spanish for "the"
57. Home state of the Mets
59. A cat that's out wants this