DID TEURS

FUN!
3 Belong ing to RAI 18 Telegraphic regret
4 Below shortwave 19 Broadcast outlet (abbr.)
5 Former cl andestine island 22 Radiotelegraphic code
6 Tenth month (abbr.) (abbr.)
7 HCJS's continent 23 Logging stations can be
9 Sudanese prefix hard
11 Immediately 25 Old boy (abbr.)
16 Aeturn postage requested 26 To desire QSl
(abbr.) 29 Morse " good night"
John Edwards Kf2U
78-58 86th Srreet
Glendale NY 11385
Shortwave listening? Why not ! While SWUng may not be a part of
amateur rad io. there's no denying the very close relationship between
the two hobbies. While CBing may have usurped SWU ng as
the main gateway to ham rad io, thousands still get their first taste of
ho bby radio by listening to the international shortwave giants on a
portable rad io. In any event, it's a well-known fact that many hams
are closet 5WLs. As a matter of fact, more than one prominent DXer
has been known to guard hi s top shortwave aSLs as jealou sly as
many of his most-prized ham pasteboards.
So, whether the closest you get to shortwave listening is fighting
the BBC World Service on 40, or if you regu larly scan 41, 19, and 13
meters more often then 40, 20, and 15, the world of SWUng is something
we should all know a li ttle mo re about.
ELEMENT 1-CROSSWORD PUZZLE
(Illustration 1)
Across
1 Belonging 10 a famous
Soviet station
8 Typical shortwave mode
(abbr.)
9 Announced
10 Skyhook (abbr.)
12 Shortwave " boundaries"
(abbr.)
13 Signal skipping zone (abbr.)
14 Not me. bUI __- ___
15 SWL's bible (abbr.)
17 Signal attenuation
20 OX signals usually travel
over this
21 Radio interference (abbr.)
22 VOA's Delano transmitter's
state (abbr.)
23 Time station
24 High antenna location
27 Receiver (abbr.)
28 British radio organization-not
BBC (abbr.)
29 Greek (abbr .)
30 23 across' state (abbr.)
31 VOA 's 15-" _
Doodle"
32 Amateur roundtable (abbr.)
Down
1 U.S. propaganda station
2 Morning (abbr.)
ELEMENT 2-MATCHING
While not "shortwave" in a strict technical sense, li stening to distant
broadcast-band stations is an activity stretching back over 60
years. Here, match the call of the station to its QTH. All stations
listed run 50 kW and operate 24 hours a day. All have been licensed
since the earliest days of broadcasting.
Column A
Column B
I ) KOM A) Atlanta GA
2) WOR B) Nashville TN
3) WWL C) Port land OR
4) KGO 0) Denver CO
5) KSL E) SpokaneWA
6) KNX F) San Francisco CA
7) WBT G) Des Moines IA
8) WJR H) Rochester NY
9) WSB I) Los Angeles CA
10) WGN J) Pittsburgh PA
11) WLW K) Ann Arbor MI
12) WSM L) Philadelphia PA
13) KOB M) Salt Lake City UT
14) KOA N) Cincinnati OH
15) KYW 0) Albuquerque NM
16) WHO P) New Orlea ns LA
17) WBZ 0) Boston MA
18) KXL R) Detroit MI
19) KGA S) New York NY
20) WHAM T) Chicago IL
U) Charlotte NC
ELEMENT 3-SCRAMBLED WORDS
Unscrambl e these words dealing with short wave listening:
trtresnrt
dabn
sucim
tenrenvomg
breacttta
catsodrab
usecmoo
losegiuri
granpopada
netcorr
pusrotac
gropram
tarlveni
renecern
arlye
ELEMENT 4-TRUE·FALSE
tandlicense
letnis
gaugelan
servosae
tectre
1) Israel radio has broadcast in
the slow-scan television
mode.
2) Radio Moscow regularl y
broadcasts on ac-meters a
show about amateur radio.
3) Private interests aren't allowed
to operate shortwave
broadcast stations in the U.S.
4) Ut ility etanoos are owned by
public ut ilities such as power
and water companies.
5) The planet Jupi ter can be
heard daily on 18,22, and 27
MHz.
True
False
Illustration 1. Continued on page 118