By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
December 18, 2004
Here we are in the holiday season - did those strategically-placed hints
have the desired effect? Do you think
those magazines carefully left open to certain advertisements were
noticed? If you got lucky, maybe you
are or will be figuring out how to use a new gadget. What do all those control labels mean? Here's some practice in deciphering all the front-panel jargon we
see everyday. Have a great holiday
season, whether you're finishing up or just getting started!
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1. Doesn't work (abbr.)
3. Characters per second
7. Where the cans plug in
11. Increases average speech level
12. Abbreviation for ham radio
13. Chinese prefix
14. Prefix where the Amazon
originates
15. Equipment gets you on this
17. Frequency of received code
19. Abbreviation for Caribbean
section
20. Frequency range
25. Break (abbr.)
27. Tunes at high rate
29. Microphone (abbr.)
30. Controls the radio's frequency
31. Dark continent
32. What holds the elements up
33. Russian satellite prefix
34. Prevents frequency changes
36. Magic Meters
39. Mode that exchanges groups of
characters
42. Letters 29 Across and 35 Down
have in common
43. Combine signals
44. Company that owns Bell Labs
45. How you pay for gear in Japan
46. Adjusts receiver frequency
47. Make a contact (abbr.)
48. Transforms feedline impedance
50. From (CW abbr.)
51. Hardy har har (CW abbr.)
52. Prefix of country surrounded
by DL, HB, I, S5, HA, OM and OK
53. Operating System (abbr.)
55. Almost the same as an Old Chap
(CW abbr.)
57. Moves frequency lower in steps
58. One who listens
59. Separates transmit and receive
frequencies
60. Clean vigorously before the
sale
62. React to a warning
65. Output power (abbr.)
66. These make real radios glow in
the dark
67. The guys on the ground
68. Electromechanical switch
Down
1. Temperature coefficient
2. A bag full of unknown goodies
3. Sweep through a range of
frequencies
4. Most important part of the
station
5. Where you meet the doctor after
off the tower (abbr.)
6. Software that operates on the
signals
7. Shifts the received window
8. Quick and dirty
9. Snips out noise pulses
10. Change between tones
16. Identification (abbr.)
18. Collector current (abbr.)
21. Prevents overdrive
22. Quickly
23. Add "n" to change a
ham into a food
24. Abbreviation for upcoming
holiday
25. Demodulates SSB and CW
26. Multi-tone digital signals
(abbr.)
27. Rejects undesired signals and
noise
28. Where Santa keeps the presents
30. Audio level control
31. Electrical discharge
35. Makes the dots and dashes
37. Prosign for "?"
38. Adjusts the transmitter
frequency
40. Reduces received signal level
41. Companion to 4 Down
44. One of two states that is also
a DXCC entity (abbr.)
46. Controls receiver front-end
gain
47. Adjusts range of received
signals
49. Rejects just one adjustable
frequency
52. The person that possesses the
radio
54. Measure of impedance match
55. The person that uses the radio
56. To let the secret slip out
58. Be confident
59. Another word for radio
61. Whoever dies with the most of
these, wins
63. Add "V" to get the
examination coordinator
64. Rarest and smallest third
district state (abbr.)
65. The circuit that generates 65
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