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    The Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler

    By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
    May 25, 2005


    "Eclectric Electric #4"


    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!


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    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.)

    Solution


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