By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
October 10, 2003
CW dead? Ha! Maybe when they pry the J-38's from out of our frozen fists! As long as there is ham radio, somewhere there will be a ham hunkered down over a bug, paddle, or key sending out the dots and dashes into the ether. For you Morse maniacs out there, get busy with a sharp pencil and see if you can complete this puzzle "solid".
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Across
1. First to send wireless messages
6. Get up and do this
8. Times after noon
10. Ham Band watcher (ARRL
appointment)
11. Keying that alternates dots
and dashes
13. Prosign for 'end of contact'
15. Slang for headphones
17. Orbiting station (acronym)
18. Removed
20. Oscillator (abbreviation)
22. Reading the .... is the same
as listening
23. Switch (abbreviation)
24. Style of keying
26. Give off or radiate
27. Q-signal for 'I heard you'
28. Prosign for 'end of message'
29. What 'R' in RST stands for
33. Q-signal for 'Slow down'
36. Complement to logical AND
37. Prefix meaning 'partner'
38. Abbreviation for unit of
length
39. To give one's call
41. To arise
44. Rough or unfiltered CW note
45. Route (abbreviation)
47. CW abbreviation of 'AND'
49. Shortest possible U.S. call
50. Receive a message
53. CW signals are ...... compared
to phone
55. Knock-out (abbreviation)
56. Acronym for code speed
57. Mechanical device for sending
code
58. Variable Crystal Oscillator
(acronym)
60. Shade of color
62. Achieved victory
64. Drooping dipole
65. CW giggling
66. Apparatus used with keyers
Down
1. Good operators can send ....
2. Between FA and LA
3. This old guy signs Rag Chewer's
Club certificates
4. Type of bipolar transistor
5. Friendly signal after final
sign off
6. High power
7. Male operator
8. Transcedental number
9. Long-time holder of code speed
record
11. DX ..!
12. Old heavy gear anchors this
14. Manufacturer of headphones and
audio gear
16. CW distress signal
17. Acronym equivalent to the
slang 'chip'
19. Possess
21. Someone learning the code
22. Slang for typewriter
24. Invented popular code teaching
method
25. Anger
26. Long periods of sending with a
straight key made this hurt
27. Q-signal for 'increase speed'
30. Type of retirement savings
program
31. Frozen water
32. What the 'T' in RST stands for
34. Acronym for radio energy
35. What the 'S' in RST stands for
40. When you're copying well,
you're in one of these
42. Original apparatus for sending
code
43. Part of 42 down held by the
fingers
46. ARES position for a team
leader
48. First name of man who invented
code
51. Alright
52. Morse enthusiasts do this to
brass
54. CW abbreviation for weather
56. What the 'W' in CW stands for
59. Type of yagi design by WA3FET
(acronym)
61. Prefix meaning 'not'
63. Outside diameter or overdose
(acronym)
