Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

December 5, 2010

2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

Visit the Crossword Express website - RF CafeTake a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle  12-5-2010

ACROSS DOWN

1. Soaks up RF energy

7. Opposite of transmit

13. Connector ____, RF connector manufacturer in Merlin, OR

14. Once around a circuit

16. Adds two or more inputs

17. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

19. Unit of time (abbr.)

20. __ Power Systems, RF power supply and amplifier vendor in Setauket, NY

21. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)

22. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)

25. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

28. Ham's code for "Shall I increase power?"

29. Quickly changing portions of waveforms

33. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.)

36. Chemical symbol for erbium

38. Chemical symbol for bismuth

39. Chemical symbol for platinum

40. European equivalent to the U.L.

41. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

42. 36 inches (pl.)

43. BASIC looping keyword

44. 1e-6 mA

45. Chemical symbol for cobalt

47. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

48. Mate to an RX

49. Portion of a circle

50. Voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (abbr., pl.)

51. Method of self-detection and self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.)

53. Unit of time (abbr.)

54. Chemical symbol for tin

55. One type of electron spin

57. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

58. Sets of 5 work days

60. Strong cable covering

63. End of transmission (abbr.)

65. Planar Monolithics Industries, in Frederick, MD (abbr.)

67. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)

69. Chemical symbol for neodymium

70. Abbreviation for peak voltage

72. Chemical symbol for helium

74. __ Electronics, RF filter company located in Avenel, NJ

75. Area on a shaft for accommodating a setscrew

77. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

79. Type of data conversion device (abbr., pl.)

81. Movement of air

82. Type of propagation above 30 MHz by means of refraction by highly ionized regions around the Earth's poles

1. _______ Computational Sciences, makers of the Linc2 RF simulation software company

2. Chemical symbol for scandium

3. Output intercept point (abbr.)

4. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)

5. Next to

6. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

8. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

9. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane

10. Electromagnetic compatibility (abbr.)

11. Network department (abbr.)

12. _______ + RF Systems, RF amplifier maker in Inglewood, CA

14. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

15. Attenuator

18. A common battery cell size

21. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

23. Chemical symbol for neon

24. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

26. RF / microwave filter manufacturer located in Poway, CA

27. Modulation type (abbr.)

28. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)

30. Collection of electronic records (abbr.)

31. RF connector & cable manufacturer located in Suwon, Korea (and an RF Cafe advertiser)

32. Radio signal that is reflected back to earth from one of the layers of the ionosphere (2 wds., pl.)

33. Horizontal Cartesian coordinate

34. ________ Microwave, RF components & systems manufacturer w/HQ in Fairview, PA

35. PC follower

37. Aircraft tracking system (pl.)

40. RF & DC power supply manufacturer located in Gloucester, MA

44. Greek letter used for frequency

46. Shorthand for oxygen

49. _______ Factor, antenna manufacturer in Merlin, OR; also, an EM radiating structure

52. In the middle

54. Chemical symbol for selenium

56. Chemical symbol for polonium

58. Weight (abbr.)

59. Unit for 1,000 watt-seconds (abbr.)

61. Chemical symbol for radium

62. Chemical symbol for rubidium

64. Opposite of I.D.

65. Modulation technique (ABBR.)

66. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)

68. Type of flip flop

70. 3 kHz to 30 kHz

71. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

72. High Data Rate

73. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

75. Chemical symbol for francium

76. Part of a FOR loop

78. "Calling any amateur radio station"

79. Astronomical Unit (93E6 miles)

80. Chemical symbol for strontium


See solution below

RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle Solution  12-5-2010