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    The Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler

    By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
    July 19, 2002


    "The Paper Chase"


    DXing, county hunting, WAS and even Ragchewer's Club--what ham doesn't occasionally succumb to the lure of fame and fortune, to the desire to chase after the buried treasure lurking out there on the bands? Each award and prize has its own quirks and quips--how many do you know?

    Ward Silver, N0AX, (aka "The Walt Whitman of Wallpaper") authors--among numerous other things--the Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler, which appears twice a month on the ARRL Web site. He can be reached by e-mail at n0ax@arrl.net or by surface mail at Aetherworks Publishing, 22916 107th Ave NW, Vashon, WA, 98070.

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    Across

    1. CQ Zone 15 country prefix
    3. Paper awards
    9. Get a tip to be in the...
    11. Determine a bearing (abbr.)
    12. Test one's ability
    15. Pirate's name
    16. Controlled
    17. Break through a pileup
    18. Type of interference (abbr.)
    19. Popular QST column ".... DX?"
    21. Fall asleep - ... off
    22. Early father of DXCC
    24. Beam towards a point
    25. Small unit of energy
    27. Marks east-west location (abbr.)
    28. Finish
    29. VE7 abbreviation
    31. Color of lagoon water
    33. Russian region
    35. Computer processor (abbr.)
    36. You're done when you've worked this many
    39. Award administrator
    41. Read-only (abbr.)
    43. Small VHF radio (abbr.)
    44. Canadian region
    45. DXCC unit
    48. Another CQ Zone 15 country prefix
    49. Regarding (abbr.)
    51. Appendage glasses rest upon
    52. Opposite of OM
    53. Convex trophy
    54. Circuit (abbr.)

    Down

    1. Yet another CQ Zone 15 country prefix
    2. Approve
    3. First digital mode
    4. Competitive group members
    5. Live life to its...
    6. Six of these on earth
    7. A busy pileup
    8. What the palm trees did to the DXpeditioners
    10. Grounchy elder (abbr.)
    12. Clock (abbr.)
    13. A state and a laugh
    14. Wire size (abbr.)
    15. A learned individual
    19. The best roll
    20. Slang for awards
    22. Failed at introduction (abbr.)
    23. Direction toward a point
    26. Read (abbr.)
    28. Collection of deceased's property
    30. Regions within U.S. states
    32. The final courtesy
    34. Rule for certification of contacts (abbr.)
    36. Type of horn blown in Switzerland
    37. Hunt these in the air
    38. Divides the earth into squares
    40. Do this when the dinner bell rings
    42. The sole station
    43. Height (abbr.)
    46. A short snooze
    47. The DX-er's currency
    50. Local ARES leader (abbr.)

    Solution


    Page last modified: 01:06 PM, 18 Jul 2003 ET
    Page author: n0ax@arrl.org
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