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By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
July 06, 2007
It’s too hot to go out and mow the yard, right? Sure it is! I said so! Time for some midsummer fun. Go pour yourself an ice-cold glass of lemonade, sharpen the #2 pencil and dig in to general-purpose crossword #13. The grass can wait!
Across
1. Like a short at high frequencies
8. General term for EMI and RFI concerns (abbr)
11. Heat rays (abbr)
12. Semiconductor package outline prefix
13. We're at the bottom of one
15. Phone modes have a U and an L (abbr)
16. Leader of ARES in an ARRL or RAC section
17. The CW equivalent of "see ya!"
19. Emitter current (abbr)
20. Key to the left of Q
21. Individual batteries
22. Power circuit that can be turned on and off
24. Read (abbr)
25. Satellites look like this (two words)
27. Common Yugoslavian prefix
28. A solicitation
29. What you might say before hitting the sack (CW abbr)
31. This could be a CW abbreviation for called, cloud, or cold
33. Constant used to calculate reactance
35. A mapmaker
41. Contest category in which one operator does all the work
43. Complement to pushed
44. A noble, masculine gas (chemical symbol)
45. Reproductions
47. The city named twice (abbr)
48. Two diodes with their cathodes tied together make this type of positive logic circuit
49. Not heavy (abbr)
50. To exercise or measure
53. Equal to 2.54 cm
54. Where the Lake Wobegon ham club gets its mail (postal code)
55. Dish made of parallel rods
57. Free (abbr)
58. Postal path (abbr)
59. What a buyer will pay (abbr)
60. What trees eat antennas with
62. Shows wind direction
64. Computer address (abbr)
65. Linux and Windows are two examples of this software (abbr)
67. CW abbreviation for later or letter
69. Opposite of left (abbr)
70. Complement to tap
72. She doesn't live here, so clean up after yourself
74. Italian for 17 Across
77. Has provinces instead of states
78. Stations used to observe propagation
Down
2. Pointed
3. The US territory that used KP4 call signs
4. Another term for subaudible tones
5. An atom missing an electron
6. Not centered (abbr)
7. RTTY tuning test signal
8. Mythological character associated with electricity
9. Companion to myself and I
10. Wane or fade
14. Urban area
15. Part of a cable clamp
16. To throw away or remove from service
17. How a French ham describes the color code for '9'
18. Our country
20. What is an Elmer?
23. Opposite of 24 Across
26. Weight-supporting bearing
30. Representative or spy
32. FET analog of collector
34. Uniform in every direction
36. Mimic
37. Abbreviation for feed line
38. Connected to the Internet (abbr)
39. Prepared to proceed (abbr)
40. Speakers placed on the ears
42. Slang for the person that controls the radio
45. Abbreviation for calling
46. An Inuit Field Day tent might be one of these
51. Mysterious German WWII code
52. Person that manages traffic for an ARRL or RAC section
53. Neuter version of he or she
54. A millimillimeter
56. Base current (abbr)
58. Signal reporting system
61. Give away a secret
63. Speed on the water (abbr)
64. Smaller of a pipe's cross sections (abbr)
66. Microwave RF connector family
68. Another name for a phono plug or jack
71. Prefix used by hams in Madrid
73. Larger of a pipe's cross sections (abbr)
75. Collector current (abbr)
76. Ham satellite prefix
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