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Here's to something that nearly all hams have in common at some point during their ham careers. Of course, it's Field Day! Maybe you need something to keep you occupied while you wait your turn at the mike or key? Maybe you got into that poison ivy and have the itch to try your hand at a puzzle? At any rate, here's a collection with an emphasis on our favorite operating event.

Note - I have heard from several folks that would like to do the puzzles in a large-print format. Here's how to make a large-print copy using Microsoft Word®:

To enlarge the puzzle, right-click on the Web page graphic of the puzzle and select "Copy". Open a blank document in Word and paste the graphic onto the page using "Edit/Paste", the Paste button, or CTRL-V. Click once on the puzzle and use the "handle" boxes that appear on the corners of the puzzle to make it as large as the page will allow.

To enlarge the clues, highlight the clue text on the Web page by holding down the left mouse button as you drag the cursor over the text. Press CTRL-C to copy the text. Open a blank document in Word and paste the text onto the page using "Edit/Paste", the Paste button, or CTRL-V. Highlight the pasted text in the same way or use CTRL-A to select all of the text, then use the "Format/Font" window to change the font size. A font size of 20-point is a good starting point. You can also change the font type to a different font in the same way.

Another ham also creates large-print puzzles - visit the National Association for the Visually Handicapped-approved Web site of Dave KD7ZYI, and happy puzzling!

Across
1. Rarest California section
3. Shows which way the wind blows
6. Vitamin R
9. Eating outdoors
12. Extra points for special accomplishments
13. Station that sends bulletins (abbr)
14. Wattmeter element
15. First company to produce integrated circuits (abbr)
16. Records Field Day QSOs
18. Old abbreviation for frequency
19. Antenna perpendicular to ground
20. The clothes you wear to Field Day
21. What operators do when they're hungry
24. Required to run radios
26. Messages sent by radio
28. Orbiting eye in space (abbr)
29. Telegrapher's laugh
30. Murphy defies these
32. Turns fuel to electricity
36. Delta Division section
37. Complementary to an R-C circuit
38. Slang for food
40. Fuels the operators
43. Multiply these two to get power (symbols)
44. Ham radio enthusiast or threaded fastener
45. Prefix of the Kiwis
46. Swinging opening to a field
49. Crumb carriers
51. Impedance matching device (abbr)
52. Made a surprise appearance on Field Day 2003 (call)
54. Brews 40 Across
56. Energy from above
57. Unit of current (abbr)
58. Opposite of 6 Across

Down
1. Solar feature that improves propagation
2. Fee, .., Fo, Fum
3. Interested non-hams on site
4. Cyclical electricity (abbr)
5. Symbol associated with a company or organization
6. Pull the cord to make the engine ...
7. Stand by (prosign)
8. Unwanted sound
10. Morse's transmissions
11. Maritime province (abbr)
12. Receive this for bonus points
14. Bring a dry pair of these
15. The most important paper product to bring
17. Station for new hams
18. Non-volatile data storage media
19. Changes the radio's frequency (abbr)
22. End of Message (prosign)
23. Simplest wire antenna
24. SSB, AM, and FM voice transmissions
25. Type of guy cable (abbr)
27. Agency that regulates aviation
29. Makes you hot
31. PSK and RTTY are good examples
32. Good Luck (abbr)
33. Greek letter that makes a boat go
34. Early receiver with an adjustable-frequency input stage (abbr)
35. Holds the dog
39. Too much of 50 Down gives you this
40. Category of operation
41. A hole and screw must be the right size to ...
42. Equivalent scores
43. Reactive power (abbr)
46. Fuels the engine
47. When I guess that I'll show up (abbr)
48. Emission designator for CW
50. Ol' Sol
53. When to wake up
55. Reply (abbr)