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The largest ham event of the year takes place this week - Field Day! Here is where the young and old, Extra and Novice and Technician, phone man and code gal, builder and operator, mechanic and electric, cook and consumer - okay, okay - all get together to share their love of Amateur Radio. Take a look around at your group to see if you couldn't form a successful business or agency from your team members. Quite a big group of skills, don't you think? See if your puzzle skills match up in this Field Day theme crossword!

Across

2. What we get for winning
10. Small amount of current (abbr.)
11. Do this to the rules before Field Day
13. Heals
15. After noon (abbr.)
16. Add to "wi" to get broadband data
17. Generators need this
18. Satellite relay system
22. Comply with the rules
24. For sale (abbr.)
25. CW for "that"
26. Our kind of waves
27. Good ones are a dime a dozen
29. Field Day pest
30. When you expect to leave (abbr.)
33. Popular antenna mount (abbr.)
36. What is!
37. Correct or alter text
40. Solid material that stores hydrogen in batteries
43. Early personal computer
44. Military meal
45. Time of delay (abbr.)
47. CW for "AND"
48. Give equipment to the club
52. Keeps those Field Day drinks cool
54. 11-Meter Service
55. ATV Test Pattern (two words)
59. Opposite of Normally Closed (abbr.)
61. Good for VHF, bad for HF
64. Da dits n dots
65. Trade name for CTCSS
66. Method of teaching Morse Code
68. Layer
69. First popular contest logging program
70. Out of gas (abbr.)
71. Instead of "Roger", Rocky says this
72. Highest Field Day station

Down

1. First revision of a book (two words)
2. How much stuff you'll haul to Field Day
3. List of members
4. DX program to work islands
5. Gremlins that work for Murphy
6. Spend the night outdoors
7. Changes ac voltage
8. Engineer that designs radios (abbr.)
9. Put this first!
12. Add water to get mud
14. Interfaces with the user (abbr.)
19. RTTY tuning signal
20. Packet station
21. Makes a rain shield with 63 Down
23. Prefix meaning "two"
28. CQ means "calling ... station"
31. Transmit (abbr.)
32. Radio
34. Doctor (abbr.)
35. Comes after GA (CW prosign)
37. Longest possible contact path
38. Reduced price
39. Small amount
40. Awarded without authority
41. Light that heats (abbr.)
42. Prefix meaning "one tenth"
46. Current from batteries
49. Off-center (abbr.0
50. Used to make antennas (chem. symbol)
51. British term for flashlight
53. The two types of fields in a radio signal
56. Ball bearing (abbr.)
57. Too many FD hot dogs makes you ....-poly
58. State that's home to Collins
60. Short for "often"
61. Used to throw things
62. Phone signal report
63. Makes a rain shield with 21 Across
65. CW for the magic word
67. Goes with "fro"
68. Abbreviation that follows signature