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Ah, spring is in the air. Can the first antenna work parties be far behind? You can hear the climbing belt, the slingshot, the coiled ropes out there in the garage, calling your name. The Antenna Book is sitting on your nightstand with bookmarks at those special projects. Ready? Set... Go!

Ward "Sky Hook" Silver, N0AX, 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.

Across

1. This always comes first
5. Recover from damaged items
9. Type of screw head
10. Horizontal direction (abbr.)
11. Set of tools
13. Throws a shot
15. Agency in charge of safety (acronym)
17. Accidentally let fall
19. Transmitter output (acronym)
20. Type of plastic pipe (acronym)
22. Utilize
23. A contest category using spotting assistance (acronym)
24. Wheel used for lifting with ropes
25. Answer only (Morse prosign)
26. Feeling good
28. Found with a block
30. Gentle blow
32. A heap of stuff
34. Difficult
35. What goes down must go here first
36. Ladder step
38. That (Morse abbr.)
39. Determining direction (acronym)
41. Makes time with 37 Down
42. End of message (Morse prosign)
43. Supposing
44. Raise yourself on a structure
47. Rebuild or repair
51. Type of relay
52. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
53. Wrap guy wire around these
55. Short pull
57. Internal receiver signal source (acronym)
58. What the tower sits on
60. Type of organic antenna support
62. Unusual or unorthodox devices
63. Metric distance (abbr.)
64. Divulge a secret

Down

1. Antenna wire stretches and ....
2. One of several
3. Loop or hole
4. Cubic measure of volume
6. Most conductive metal (chemical symbol)
7. Unit of potential
8. Used for lifting on a tower (two words)
11. Gauge (abbr.)
12. Type of weight that provides tension
14. Desired outcome
15. What you say after 17 Across happens
16. A rope for raising or lowering
18. Comes after the signature
20. Large mail-order ham radio vendor (acronym)
21. Near or against
23. Take care of your....
26. Weak (abbr.)
27. Tear
29. Foundation material
30. Technical Field Organization appointment
31. Type of computer document (acronym)
32. Apply tension
33. Quiet (abbr.)
34. Lift with a rope or cable
37. Makes time with 41 Across
38. Cut to length
40. Greeting before noon (Morse abbr.)
42. One of the continents (abbr.)
44. Coaxial feedline
45. Forms on antennas in cold weather
46. Separate by force
48. Web address abbreviation for colleges
49. Hit this with a hammer
50. Attached with a knot
54. More than a little
56. Form a flexible solid
59. Scandinavian prefix, neighbor to 61 Down
61. Scandinavian prefix, neighbor to 59 Down