By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
July 21, 2006
This crossword honors the hospitality and friendship of our South American friends for their superb execution of the just-completed World Radiosport Team Championship. Held on the island of Florianopolis, south of Sao Paolo, WRTC 2006 brought together hundreds of hams from around the world to compete and enjoy each other's company. It was an honor to be included and our hats are off to the hard-working hams of Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Radio Emissão (LABRE) and the Araucaria DX Group. Obrigado!
Across
1. Directive antenna
5. Determining a signal's origin
7. Where compasses point in the Southern Hemisphere
11. 25.4 of these in an inch
12. World's tallest waterfall
14. Country from which the language of most South Americans came
(prefix)
15. Continent west of South America (abbr)
16. Print resolution (abbr)
17. Agency that worries about tower height
18. Prefix meaning outside
19. Center frequency (abbr)
20. Frankenstein's assistant
22. The laziest California section
24. Shadows point this way at noon in Buenos Aires
27. The climate along the Amazon
29. Long country on South America's western coast (prefix)
30. Abbreviation for regarding
31. Acquaintances
33. Going (CW abbr)
35. The river that separates Argentina and Uruguay
37. The department that ensures quality products are made
38. Spanish for hello
40. Largest South American country (prefix)
41. Argentinian cowboy
42. To give a strong signal report, you would say "Cinco
....."
44. Suffix denoting an amateur that has upgraded to Amateur Extra
45. A very wet forest
47. South American country with two capitals (prefix)
49. Another abbreviation for QRQ CW
50. Part of solder (chemical symbol)
51. Goodbye in Spanish
54. Temporary gift
55. The WRTC teams each formed one
56. Yellow material that when rubbed, takes on a static charge
58. Suffix denoting an amateur that has upgraded to Amateur Advanced
60. Ocean to the west of South American
61. The first digital mode
63. Components or pieces
66. The look of an energized tube (two words)
68. Morse code signal report
69. Solo
70. Distant stations
Down
2. Many South American countries were a part of one of these colonial
collections
3. Spanish for friend
4. Sensitive amplifier that adds little noise
5. From (CW abbr)
6. To bend
7. On-air meetings
8. Country containing the headwaters of the Amazon (prefix)
9. Do it to your own horn
10. Country where the quad was invented (prefix)
12. Continent to which South America was once attached
13. Equatorial islands owned by Ecuador
19. Land of fire is Tierra del .....
21. Operator (abbr)
23. Type of digital signal that establishes contact automatically
25. Not centered (abbr)
26. Prefix of hams in Bogota
27. There are two - Cancer and Capricorn
28. Strengthen or support
32. Geographical features near the equator
34. Good luck (CW abbr)
36. The worst
38. The cape at the bottom of South America
39. Again (CW abbr)
43. Video tape standard
46. South America's largest waterfall
48. Grasslands of Argentina
50. Opposite of email
52. Logarithmic ratio (abbr)
53. Complement to AND
57. Increase signal strength
59. Wrong type of solder flux for electronics
62. Morse code speed
63. Publicity (abbr)
64. Right (abbr)
65. Non-corroding metal (abbr)
67. Transmit (abbr)