By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
May 12, 2006
Here's a plethora of perplexion, with pithy pointers to persuade pencil-pushers. Perhaps you will prevail over pitfalls to positively pop with pizzazz? Don't procrastinate! Perambulate to the puzzle, post-haste!
Across
1. Keeps you awake at night
5. Means "received"
9. Wire thickness (abbr)
11. Cousin to "um"
12. Prefix for Luxembourg
13. Contact one station after another
14. 7J and 8J stations are from this country
16. Encryption standard (abbr)
18. 1/10th of this makes a dB
19. Add "O" to make a highly conductive, but toxic, insulator
21. You can only use 50 W of this on 60 meters
22. A receiver that can reject nearby signals
26. Polite or friendly
28. Output of a receiver with no signal present
29. Thanks! (CW abbreviation)
30. What you eat on Thanksgiving (prefix)
31. Sticky stuff
32. Excessive power
33. Company that invented the disk drive
35. Gov't agency that funds science (abbr)
36. Time delay (abbr)
38. Center frequency (abbr)
39. Opposite of RH (abbr)
41. Logical complement to 48 Across
42. Checking for accuracy before publishing
46. Common connector plating metal (chemical symbol)
47. The two fields that make up a radio wave
48. Logical complement to 41 Across
49. Abbreviation that indicates an explanation
50. Unit of current
52. Document that defines XML objects
54. Weight (abbr)
55. Postal code for VO1 stations
56. Graphical description of a route or region
57. With curriculum, describes your history
58. Formal address for a YL
60. Often picked
61. Comes after months (abbrs)
62. Conducted
65. Long-time ham (CW abbr)
67. Between QRP and HP
68. Number of elements in a rubber duck
70. First sale of stock to the public (abbr)
72. The last element of a radiogram
74. To lower an antenna's resonant frequency, do this to it
75. Both a fourth-district postal code and a rare African prefix
Down
1. Most common material in wires
2. Creates the "woodpecker signal" (abbr)
3. One of these on the sun wipes out HF
4. Prefix meaning "no longer"
5. Contest constraints
6. Powered up
7. The E in CME
8. Egyptian name for heavenly body that affects radio communications
9. Fourth call district state (postal code)
10. Heating and cooling process that reduce brittleness in metals
13. Type of electronic component
15. Greek letter used as a symbol for angle
17. A book that has been edited and reprinted (two words)
19. What Hamlet is trying to decide
20. G, M, and 2 stations are from this country
23. Opposite of USB
24. Vat of water
25. Between NY and NH (postal code)
27. Bidirectional data interface
28. Neighbor to S5, YO, and SP (prefix)
32. Safety component that detects imbalances in ground current (abbr)
34. Equal to one cc (abbr)
37. Prefix for leaded diode packages
38. An antenna has both a near and a far
40. What a DXer is after working a New One
43. Whose rules of order run meetings
44. Last transmission
45. Follows UV and X rays
51. Small unit of current (abbr)
53. Abbreviation for television interference
54. Arrangement of components
59. Gov't agency that funded early Internet development
60. Pointed fastener
63. Word that refers to a thing or place
64. Slang for a technically-inclined person
66. Coat with solder
67. Microwave receiving amplifier (abbr)
69. Number (abbr)
71. Has to stamp tower plans (abbr)
72. Internet domain abbreviation for Sweden
73. That (CW abbr)