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    The Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler

    By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
    April 23, 2007


    Things Are Looking Up


    Printable PDF Version (202 Kb)

    Did you see the moon and Venus in close conjunction this past week? With the ISS whizzing around the globe and our latest ham star talking it up from space, how about a puzzle on all things astro? You can be a star! The sky’s the limit!

    puzzle

    Across

    3. What the tone of an unstable signal does
    8. Before Windows
    11. Temperature scale
    13. Atom missing an electron
    14. Symmetry of spin
    15. Atomic clocks are based on oscillations of electrons in this type of atom (chemical symbol)
    16. Message handling network (abbr)
    18. Morse abbreviation for an evening goodbye
    19. Largest component of liquified air (abbr)
    20. Water vapor you can see
    22. Ratio of mass to volume
    25. This are squared
    27. Prefix meaning "one"
    28. Prosign for end of contact
    30. Space program that landed a human on the moon
    31. RF switching diode type
    33. Echo off a meteor trail
    34. Prefix meaning "two"
    35. Capital of country with prefix of LA
    36. Light is shifted to this color if source is receding
    37. Add 'fi' and get a network
    39. Unknown type of matter and energy
    40. Nothing escapes it (two words)
    44. Lunar sea
    47. Prefix meaning "with"
    48. Original manufacturer of Alpha amplifiers
    49. Condensed methane fuel (abbr)
    51. Pause or break in the action
    52. Oldest logic family
    54. Prosign for 'end of message'
    55. Unit of wire or sheet metal thickness
    56. Element being removed from solder (chemical symbol)
    57. Things related to Jupiter
    60. Prefix meaning "of the Earth"
    62. Center of the solar system
    63. Grouchy elder (CW abbr)
    64. Heterodyne
    65. To locate by radio (abbr)
    66. Penetrating radiation
    67. Label for volume knob
    69. Take off
    70. Need more of this type of ham (abbr)
    71. Attractive force

    Down

    1. Northwesternmost state (postal code)
    2. Included or added
    3. Mechanical form of solar power
    4. Abbreviation for skyhook
    5. Prefix meaning "twice" or "every other"
    6. Means the same as QTH (abbr)
    7. Add 'd' on one side to finish and on the other side to make a burrow
    8. Signals from far away
    9. Lubricate
    10. Count of dark patches hams love
    12. To block or obscure
    14. The opposite point on a globe
    17. State with the Badlands (postal code)
    18. Helpful pole
    20. Person licensed to be accountable
    21. The good, the bad, and the ....
    23. Contact made by imagination
    24. What 10 Down counts
    26. The twelve astrological constellations
    28. It's raining, it's pouring, so what is the Old Man doing?
    29. 2.2 pounds for every one of these (abbr)
    32. Moon of Jupiter
    36. Type of computer memory (abbr)
    37. Usual symbol is lambda (abbr)
    38. All is well
    40. Where the asteroids are
    41. Hole that causes poor propagation
    42. Prefix meaning "of the sun"
    43. Complement to borrow
    45. Measure of reflectiveness
    46. Internet domain for Russian computers
    50. Holds up the rocket until launch
    53. Comes in both fast and slow
    56. Position reference in a book or magazine (abbr)
    57. If no decision has been made, this group is still out
    58. Distant
    59. Program to look for inhuman signals
    61. Powered down
    62. Prefix for Hallicrafters equipment
    68. A milli-pico amp (abbr)

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