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    The Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler

    By H. Ward Silver, NĜAX
    November 30, 2007


    Eclectic Electric #14


    Time for another cornucopia of electronic and radio terms, especially after all that holiday feasting last week. You’ll find all kinds of angles from the clues to get to the solutions that touch on every aspect of the hobby!

    Printable PDF Version


    Across

    1. A line of equal altitude in a topo map
    7. Kilohms times microfarads
    10. Prefix for Hy-Gain HF beams
    12. Great Lake bordering New York
    13. A low blo
    14. The picture pointed to on a computer screen
    17. Tear
    18. All the way home
    19. Drake twins VFO type (abbr)
    20. Keeps the power on to computer gear
    21. Transistor package designator
    22. Start or begin
    23. Method of acquiring physical knowledge
    25. Layers of hot air over layers of cold air
    27. Common label for the AF Gain knob
    28. Organization that runs ambulances (abbr)
    29. Popular non-broadcast TV channel
    31. Companion to FIR (filter type)
    33. Between Cancer and Capricorn
    38. Waveguide designator
    39. Qualification to train pilots (abbr)
    40. Pre-wireless communications
    42. Defect
    44. Smell from burning insulation
    46. Manufacturer of Japanese fans
    47. Elevation of peak radiated energy (abbr)
    50. One component of solder (chemical symbol)
    51. Result of waves encountering an impedance discontinuity
    57. Opposite of solid
    60. Uses the prefix ST
    62. Atom missing an electron
    63. Miscopy a call sign or information
    64. Most NW of the contiguous states (abbr)
    65. Microwave navigational system
    66. Numeric comparison
    70. Most vulnerable body part to microwave radiation
    71. Old name for antenna

    Down

    1. Contest prizes
    2. Ten-Tec transceiver
    3. Pinch, bite, or trim
    4. Usual mode of electromagnetic energy in waveguides (abbr)
    5. To consume a supply of something
    6. Inductor resistance
    8. Web pages
    9. Accomplish or complete
    11. Vertical and mobile antenna maker
    15. Complement to pro
    16. A good Spanish signal is cinco .....
    18. Poorest performer
    19. Diode used for switching
    22. Quad antenna manufacturer
    23. International System of Units (abbr)
    24. Finished
    26. Confirm functionality
    29. Arena where Dayton Hamvention is held
    30. Sudden ionospheric disturbance
    32. Speculation
    34. Echo all the way around (abbr)
    35. Prefix used by Austria
    36. Latin abbreviation meaning "that is"
    37. A tenth of a decigram
    38. To snap back and forth
    41. Uses the prefix KP3 (postal code)
    43. LF navigational system
    45. Logarithmic comparison (abbr)
    48. Largest, but wettest, continent (abbr)
    49. Location
    52. Abbreviation meaning "English"
    53. Most popular ham event in the US (abbr)
    54. Omitted or not taken
    55. A copy of a magazine
    56. Rarest of the tenth district states (abbr)
    58. One of the stereo phone plug contacts
    59. The four compass directions
    61. Pointed fastener
    63. Unpleasant personal emission
    65. Wire or metal thickness (abbr)
    66. Indicates an emailed reply
    67. CW prosign for "stand by"
    68. Measure of intelligence
    69. A state or a laugh

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