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By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
May 25, 2005
To clue you in, I have returned from a vacation and a trip to the Dayton Hamvention - I hope you weren't puzzled by my absence. If you missed the puzzles, don't be cross! I hope you'll find this fourth of the Eclectic Electric series fulfilling as I try to get my points across so that you can write them down. Hopefully, your mind won't go blank!
Across
1. Lubricant
3. Sparks
6. Lights in the sky
10. Most-used mode on VHF+ (abbr.)
11. Obsolete abbreviation for frequency
12. Most western ARRL division (abbr.)
13. Stores data in a PC (abbr.)
14. What gets on you when climbing a pine tree
15. Metal used in rechargeable batteries (chemical symbol)
16. Smallest of the 48
19. Internet access service
21. Disrupt a contact
23. Maker of radios with round and wing symbols
25. ARRL section and Federal Agency (abbr.)
26. Field Day sleeping berth
27. Home state of 23 Across (abbr.)
29. Person holding a GM call sign
30. Changes ac voltages
33. Annual ARRL disaster drill
35. Most southwestern EU continental country (prefix)
36. Official ARRL station that relays bulletins
37. Wallpaper
40. To get data add AM, G, or PAC
41. Rustproof metal (abbr.)
42. Indicates wire size (abbr.)
43. Measure of match between transmission line and load (abbr.)
46. Look for
48. Controls quiescent operating parameters
50. Definition of T9 note
52. Inventive or smart
56. A long, long way to run
57. Prefix meaning "no longer"
58. Antenna eaters
60. An overheated component in flames
63. List of topics and pages
64. Quiet (abbr.)
Down
1. Club managers
2. Undesired mixing products (abbr.)
3. Those who apply
4. Phone signal report (abbr.)
5. Stabilizes satellite position
6. Land area
7. Store and retrieve (abbr.)
8. Most common thread type (abbr.)
9. Soliciters of business in the media
11. West Coast state or adjacent country (abbr.)
14. Overmodulation product
15. Queues of operators working a DX station
17. Gets you a unit of overseas postage
18. International relief agency (two words)
20. Normal practice
22. Three of something
24. Prefix meaning "not"
28. Measure of size in two dimensions
29. Opposite of NW
31. Add "pro" to get "wasteful"
32. Adjust to equal value
34. Prefix meaning "of ecology"
38. Grant or deliver
39. Place for mobile stations
40. Large container
44. Long, thin conductor
45. Shows you passed your exam
47. Home state of the ARRL (abbr.)
49. Opposite type of digital filter from FIR
50. Average or expected number
51. Abbreviation for exponentiation
53. Littlest bit
54. Roman numeral that is the square root of 49
55. Angular measurement (abbr.)
56. Repair
58. Transmit or southern state
59. The two components of a radio wave (abbr.)
61. Magnetic metal (chemical symbol)
62. Equalize (abbr.)