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    The Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler

    By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
    November 10, 2006


    Making the Connection


    Where would we be without our precious strands of copper, conducting the carefully marshaled electrons about in special ways? Lost, that's where we'd be! So this puzzle is dedicated to the unsung heroes of radio--our cables and feedlines and wires that snake through dark holes and lie in the dust bunnies in back of our radios without complaint!

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    Across

    1. Sustained spark
    3. Measures amount of curvature
    6. Join by melting
    9. Manufacturer of printers
    11. Specifies coil pitch (abbr)
    13. Amateur Service (abbr)
    14. Wire size
    16. Heat ..... tubing
    17. Rectangular enclosure
    18. On but not doing anything
    19. Prefix added to 'sect' cuts in two
    20. Class between A and B
    21. Uneven
    22. Multiple antennas (abbr)
    24. A long section of cable
    25. A small cut
    27. To wait, not ...
    29. Last two letters of the first year licensed (abbr)
    30. Biggest event that's not a contest (abbr)
    32. What squirrels do to feedlines
    34. Outer coax conductor
    37. Connector plating (chemical symbol)
    38. I don't know why they call it wireless, I've never seen so many in all my life!
    41. Partner to XYL
    42. A happy smile
    44. Opposite of ON
    45. Sticky protective material
    46. Type of open-wire line
    48. Join two sections together
    51. Our continent (abbr)
    52. Federal law (abbr)
    54. Prefix for the home of the Incas
    55. What you do with 45 Across
    57. Type of delight for all-metal beams
    60. Station that sends bulletins (abbr)
    61. Reduce in brightness
    63. Sells you Internet access (abbr)
    64. Pause in the action
    66. Flexible tubular conductor
    67. One component of solder (chemical symbol)
    68. How wire should be stored

    Down

    1. First phone mode
    2. Popular feedline type
    3. Will not bend
    4. Stations that are not local
    5. Make longer
    6. Wrap a cable around something
    7. Opposite of RH
    8. Ground wire on foil-wrapped cable
    10. Microwave band from 12 - 18 GHz (abbr)
    12. Ratio of circumference to diameter
    14. Big desert between JT and BY
    15. Circular currents induced by ac
    16. Place surfaces together firmly
    17. Frequency ranges
    19. If it's stuck, it won't .....
    21. Acceptable
    23. Pointing in different directions
    24. Signals above audio range (abbr)
    26. Tool that squeezes connectors
    28. Not difficult (abbr)
    31. Calling (CW abbr)
    32. Material most wires are made from (chemical symbol)
    33. Name for the openings in open-wire line with plastic insulation
    35. Group hostile to antennas (abbr)
    36. A loop that causes water to fall off
    37. Prefix meaning "opposite of"
    39. VHF and UHF yagi elements are often made from this type of conductor
    40. Flexible
    43. Transparent
    45. 2nd part of Tennessee manufacturer
    47. Make possible
    48. Opposite of stranded
    49. What lights tall towers
    50. Combination of YLs and 41 Across
    53. The right weather for antenna work
    56. How large quantities of wire and cable are delivered
    58. Not them
    59. Trade name for slowly-opening fuses - ...-Blo
    61. Logarithmic ratio
    62. One kilo microamp (abbr)
    65. What the user uses (abbr)

    Solution


    Page last modified: 10:00 AM, 09 Nov 2006 ET
    Page author: n0ax@arrl.org
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