By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
April 28, 2006
I just returned from another excellent edition of the Visalia International DX Convention - are you planning on attending any conventions this year? The Dayton Hamvention is the largest, but there are ham radio conventions in every area. More than just a hamfest (although they may host one), this is the place to go to meet vendors, discover new products, learn about topics of interest, and meet your friends. While you're there, take a minute to say thanks to the volunteers that make these events so much fun, too!
Across
1. Exception created by the FCC to allow operation not normally allowed
(abbr)
4. Highest frequency that supports communication
6. To be present at the convention
10. Commemorative cloth emblem
12. Promise to pay
14. Short way to agree
16. Receiver (abbr)
17. This is often introduced at conventions
18. Switches the antenna during a conversation
19. Boring (two-words)
20. Just to inform (abbr)
21. A contest and a resistor (abbr)
22. Comparitively small
24. Biggest North American hamfest is held here
27. Common aspect of presentations
30. Holds all the swag you pick up
31. Hollered in pain
33. Stand by (CW prosign)
34. Below MF (abbr)
35. One task in a sequence
37. Who must caveat at the hamfest
39. Stuff that's given away
40. Hollered to mean "well done!"
41. Obseleted by kHz
43. Trade name for CTCSS tones
44. One of the traditional TV networks
46. Both a brew and a digital protocol
48. What the listener does at a convention program
51. End of message (CW prosign)
52. The country of A, K, N, and W
53. Made of metal links
55. Small metal or ceramic commemorative jewelry
57. Just a little bit
58. Radio's ol' skyward friend
60. Schematic component designator for a tube
61. Obsolete term for a radio
62. Grid current (abbr)
64. Used for phone operation
65. Program with several experts
67. Where programs are held
68. Where you park
Down
1. Excessive spending at hamfests
2. What the government collects from sales
3. While strolling the aisles, you're .. the convention
4. Unit of inductance
5. Holding a price
6. Listeners to a speech or presentation
7. What you have to have to get in
8. Northern state of the 2nd district
9. Fee paid when taking equipment into a country
11. All those that came to the convention
13. ARRL-appointed ham band monitor (abbr)
15. What you win
17. Small or inadequate
19. Prefix for many Heath rig model numbers
20. Charge for use or attendance
22. Written statement of agreement between organizations
23. Win by purchasing tickets
25. These are prevalent on ham cars at conventions
26. The subject of a program
28. Where conventions are usually held
29. Complement to space
30. Color that means '6' (abbr)
32. Medical insurer (abbr)
35. Direction opposite NW
36. What your interest does if the price is too high
38. Ordinary or clear
42. Makes change
43. What the convention meal is served on
45. Journey to the convention
47. Knowledgable individual
49. Complement to video
50. FET's source resistance (abbr)
51. Battery energy rating
53. Cheat
54. The object of attention in a game of tag
56. UN agency that administers telecomm
59. Complement to XYL
61. Only one operator (abbr)
63. If you will be present, you must ..
65. Unit of length (abbr)
66. Obsoleted by MHz