5/17/2008 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle


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RF Cafe: Engineering & science crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1. Major opamp IC manufacturer headquartered in Norwood, MA

9. Cable termination type

10. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce, abbr.

12. Audio Frequency

14. Network department, abbr.

15. Plasma atmosphere layer of the sun, pl.

19. Chemical symbol for calcium

20. Chemical symbol for aluminum

21. Japanese semiconductor & equipment manufacturer

23. Manufacturer of project boxes

24. End of soldering iron

26. Gun safety and education organization, abbr.

27. Send information

29. Binary Coded Decimal

32. Geometrical body, similar to a prism, that has end faces with the same number of sides but which are not equal

34. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

35. Sent a message via Morse Code

37. Positive voltage lead color

38. Chemical symbol for lithium

39. Stock symbol for Google

40. Transceiver, abbr.

41. Chemical symbol for silicon

42. Cooling device

43. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola, abbr.

45. Upper Sideband

47. High-speed logic family

49. Negation prefix

50. Data transmission pathway

51. Greek letter (micro)

52. Infrared, abbr.

54. Chemical symbol for gold

55. Modulation type, abbr.

57. Unit of time

58. Radio navigation reference signal, pl.

59. Small representative graphic

60. Greek letter

61. Chemical symbol for radium

62. Morse Code for "from"

63. Decimeter, abbr.

65. Finite Element Analysis, abbr.

66. Amateurese for "wife"

68. Special diode that can be switched, abbr.

70. Radio Frequency Interference, abbr.

71. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

72. Archaic unit of length

73. Home state of Los Alamos lab

75. Unit of energy, pl.

77. Mechanical engineering group, abbr.

78. Chemical symbol for argon

79. Networks International Corporation, abbr., manufacturer of custom RF & microwave filters, Overland Park, KS

81. Joined a male and a female connector

84. Ham's code for "Answer in prearranged order."

85. Went beyond published limits

89. Metal parts engineers, abbr. pl.

90. Not external

93. Semiconductor lamp

94. User Datagram Protocol

96. Common average used for sinewaves

97. Internet address, abbr.

98. Chemical symbol for erbium

99. Chemical symbol for rhodium

101. Measured a waveform at regular intervals

103. Type of current flow

104. European equivalent to the U.L.

105. Switch position

107. Permeability-Tuned Oscillator

108. Ionized trails of meteors used as a reflecting media, 2 wds.

DOWN

1. Consequence of under sampling

2. Mate to a bolt

3. Chemical symbol for silver

4. Digital Storage Oscilloscope

5. European equivalent to the U.L.

6. Electromagnetic compatibility, abbr.

7. Physical barrier, pl.

8. Capacitor dielectric type

11. Protective covering

13. Enrico _____, nuclear physicist

15. Describes the action of cleaving a crystal plane

16. Opposite of I.D.

17. PC follower

18. Half of a DIP

20. Connector vendor headquartered in Bristol, PA

22. Software drafting tool, abbr.

23. Chemical symbol for bismuth

25. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

26. Type of logic gate

28. Entity created by virtue of a changing electric field

29. Chemical symbol for beryllium

30. Super glue

31. Morse Code for "from"

33. An electrical specification for a motor when it is first started

35. Mass unit, abbr.

36. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"

42. Type of numerical transform used in electronics

43. Chemical symbol for radon

44. Army-Navy spec

46. Type of ground strap wire

48. Constellation : The scales

50. Data transmission pathways

51. Multiplexer, abbr.

53. Government program to bring electricity to farms, abbr.

54. Logic gate

56. Wire diameter unit

64. Performed a quantum event by penetrating a seemingly impassable barrier

66. Chemical symbol for xenon

67. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

69. Circuit configuration whereby current from a source flows through multiple paths

74. A circuit that takes two or more input signals, and produces an output that includes the sum and difference of those signal frequencies

76. Surface mount, abbr.

77. Analog-to-Digital

78. Association of North American Radio Clubs

80. Imaging device, abbr.

82. Modulation type, abbr.

83. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

84. Ham's code for "The net has traffic for you. Stand by."

86. Type of reconfigurable memory, abbr.

87. Chemical symbol for europium

88. Direct Digital Synthesis

90. Intermodulation distortion, abbr.

91. Unit of time

92. Electrical enclosure company in Rochester, MN

95. Last stage in a transmitter, abbr.

96. One component of a complex number, abbr.

100. High Frequency Electronics magazine, abbr.

102. Last stages in transmitters

103. Automated Test Equipment

106. Foot, abbr.

107. Chemical symbol for platinum


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