By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
May 25, 2006
Who were those folks on the "other side" of the tables this past weekend? Who generates all of those colorful solicitations in our magazines and on the Web? Why, they're responsible for the rich banquet of products, kits, and parts that make the hobby a 24/7 hamster's delight! This week, the puzzle focuses on vendors -- if you get stuck, the advertiser's index in the back of QST might be a good resource...
Across
1. Hope this is good at the hamfest! (abbr)
3. Brick maker
8. Home country of Easter Island (prefix)
10. Silicon Alley
12. New K3 in the Contest Hall of Fame
13. They have towers
14. Where you connect to a wireless network (abbr)
15. Maps of the territory
16. An AM or SW station (abbr)
17. Home state of Las Vegas (postal code)
18. Heathkit equipment prefix
19. Transformer man
21. Antennas up high
24. Prefix means "twice" or "two"
25. This one's EZ
26. Skyhook (abbr)
28. Heil Sound makes these accessories (abbr)
29. Complement to long
31. Video format (abbr)
32. A wet Field Day site
36. Their verticals have an elevated feedpoint
38. Or best offer (abbr)
39. French friend
40. Toroid supplier
43. The Viking manufacturer
44. What's a Miniductor?
45. 1000 microamps (abbr)
46. Youngster
47. Autotuner builder
48. Unlimited
50. Section abbreviation for Canada's newest territory
51. Home state to a surplus dealer (postal code)
52. Where the work gets done
53. Prosign for ?
55. Metal alloyed with aluminum by Titanex
56. Home office is in Milwaukee
57. Another word for shack
59. Makes just about everything
61. Original name for Alpha Power
63. CW for thanks
65. Big unruly group of customers
67. Short throw
69. Hard to find
70. Where designs are built and tested
71. W2IHY makes one for voice
Down
1. Famous designer of yagis (SK)
2. Suffix for KLM's KT36 big tribander
4. Pause or intervening period
5. Followed by Delta
6. What successful businesses do
7. Government emergency agency
8. What connects radio equipment
9. Far upper left key on most keyboards
10. QRP kit manufacturer
11. Volunteer exam coordinator
19. Japanese VHF/UHF antenna maker
20. High-power N connector (abbr)
21. Variable-length yagi antenna
22. Internet message
23. Models controlled by radio (abbr)
24. Spill the beans about a new product
27. Super-secret government agency
30. Don't forget this at Field Day!
33. Preceded by Radio
34. Their radio models start with FT
35. Faraway maker of circuit boards
37. N4XM makes these tuners
41. Soft, silver-colored metal (chemical symbol)
42. The prefix is A4
44. Burghardt Amateur
48. Mountain Radio
49. Makes dashes on a paddle
50. Neat or admirable
52. To exist
54. Operating on the high seas (suffix)
56. Digital voice radio maker
58. Transistor package prefix
60. Just a regular guy
62. The T in TTFN
64. Safety lab
66. CW interruption
68. The opposite of Jr.