By Chris Codella, W2PA
January 11, 2008
Hams have chased DX for as long as there have been hams. Reaching further, taking advantage of fleeting propagation conditions and working every corner of the globe challenges many different skills from building effective stations to having “good ears” under weak signal conditions. This month’s puzzle, with DX as a theme, is challenging in a different way.
Across
1. Old freq. units
4. HH-land
9. Fourteen ____ (weight)
14. Enable, as a weapon
15. Over
16. Signs
17. Expected
18. John Glenn's ride
19. "that _____ for the course"
20. With 22, 55, 56, and 61 across - What you collect for 35 across
22. See 20-across
23. The 18 and 21 MHz bands?
24. "Is that really necessary?"
26. New fangled rigs (abbr.)
27. Work on GUIs and others
30. This began, the July after 24-down
31. An ARRL section official, in 1-land (abbr.)
33. All but KH6 and KL7
35. You need more than 999 for this award
38. Power units
39. One of the things Elmers do
40. School org.
41. One place where the DX might be listening?
42. Heading 180 from NC
46. 9H operator, probably
49. Early radio parts manufacturer
50. 1960's TV host, with Martin
51. Open wire (line)
54. Equipment reviewer, sometimes
55. See 20-across
56. See 20-across
57. What many towers are made of
58. The word that explains a UK prefix assignment
59. Digital ckt. family
60. Hamshacks, on Field Day
61. See 20-across
62. Beam heading to work PY from W2
Down
1. "... no space ___ ."
2. Trimmed, as a dipole (if not a bush)
3. It moves with a signal
4. What an amp also does in the shack
5. Prefix with VOX
6. What an un-keyed transmitter is
7. Some are green, some black, some orange
8. Gives a callsign
9. Nickels and dimes
10. Org. in charge of 43-down
11. What a DXPedition station spends most of the time doing
12. Non-digital, in G-land
13. DOS background job (remember?)
21. Non-ham pesky visitor on FD
22. C in F-land
24. A peak year in cycle 19
25. Some Ukraine prefixes
27. It's between the DSP and the speaker
28. How some DF antennas look
29. Listings for selling small VHF xcvrs
32. MHz predecessor
33. Those in Chile
34. House current, familiarly, if imprecise
35. Like 38-down, but for (other) digital modes
36. Keeps your rig's rock steady
37. A good signal report, in ancient Rome
38. Speed on CW
41. Biggest non-amateur user of radio in the early days
43. Awards for performances by hams in space?
44. Warm tubes and solder resin, among others
45. Pamper
47. What a birdie in your RX sounds like?
48. G-land noblemen
49. Tower-top antenna supports
51. Repeated, it's part of FO0-land
52. 7O city
53. The part of a part you solder
54. Use 3-Down to give out one of these
55. Cute 1960's mobile hamshack
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