Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

October 23, 2011

2011 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF & Microwave Crossword, October 23, 2011 - RF Cafe

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1. Ham's code for "Are you busy?"

4. Effect which causes a voltage between the faces of a crystal under mechanical pressure

14. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg.

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

17. Network device that takes commands from another similar device

18. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

19. A common battery cell size

20. A "1" or a "0"

22. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

23. "Calling any amateur radio station"

25. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)

26. Personal Digital Cellular

27. Part of this website's title

29. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

31. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)

34. User Datagram Protocol

36. Adds or removes charged particles such as electrons from an atom or molecule

37. Measure of density of material with air pockets

38. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

40. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

41. Device that allows repeater users to make telephone calls through a repeater

43. 1E6 bits per second

45. 10 decibels

48. Chemical symbol for thulium

49. Aircraft navigation systems

52. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

53. Tweaked a filter for the correct response

55. Inventor of the pre-quantum atomic model

57. Web page language

59. Computer Assisted Design and Development

60. Chemical symbol for radon

61. Indium phosphide

62. The largest asteroid

63. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)

64. Chemical symbol for nickel

65. High frequency semiconductor (abbr.)

67. Set of poles

68. Wireless phone region

69. Terminations

71. Chemical symbol for europium

72. Radio signal route

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

75. The system than converts common website names to IP addresses (abbr.)

76. Most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from distance

78. This is any flow which occurs from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

80. Chemical symbol for silicon

82. Test equipment (abbr.)

83. Emits electromagnetic energy

85. The "C" in SCADA

87. Multiplexer (abbr.)

88. Swap ____, a Ham's flea market

90. Weight (abbr.)

91. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

92. "Texting" (abbr.)

93. Powers pneumatic devices

95. Chemical symbol for cadmium

97. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

98. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

99. Chemical symbol for neon

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

102. The "U" in UHF

106. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

107. Its chemical symbol is Fe

109. Test equipment that provides a time-domain signal display (pl.)

110. Antenna (abbr.)

1. Geometrical term for any four sided figure

2. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

3. Chemical symbol for lithium

4. A number divisible only by itself and 1

5. Chemical symbol for erbium

6. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

7. 3-D geometrical figure that is symmetrical about each of three perpendicular axes, and has circular sections along one axis and elliptical sections along the others

8. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

9. Mathematical curve that is the locus of the centres of curvature of another curve

10. European equivalent to the U.L.

11. Type of flip-flop

12. Stock symbol for Intel

13. Error checking scheme (abbr.)

15. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

16. Early predecessor to an online forum (abbr.)

21. Cause a circuit breaker to open

24. Ham's code for "Zero beat your signal with mine."

26. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

28. Online venue for posting comments & reading replies

30. 6-sided polygons

32. Type of memory

33. Type of data storage IC (abbr.)

35. Chemical symbol for dysprosium

39. An abbreviation for "transceiver"

42. Chemical symbol for holmium

44. Graphics file types

45. Manufacturer of project boxes

46. Last statement in a BASIC program

47. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

50. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1672

51. Remove insulation from a wire

53. Loose end of a cable

54. Antenna structure that connects directly to the feed line (2 wds.)

55. Steady-state voltage reference

56. Test equipment manufacturer, now Agilent (abbr.)

58. Prefix meaning ground or earth

59. Adverse property of Teflon

62. The "brains" of parallel processing computers

63. Chemical symbol for selenium

65. Gallium nitride chemical symbol

66. Agilent's EE design software (abbr.)

68. IC

70. Opposite of I.D.

71. Circuit or mechanical designer with a Bachelor's or higher degree (pl.)

73. Time delay (abbr.)

74. Converts electrical energy into mechanical energy

77. Material testing organization (abbr.)

79. Name the Scottish physicist who developed the theory of electromagnetism

81. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

83. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

84. Impenetrable physical barrier

86. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

87. 1E6 nanoseconds

89. EE _____, premier electronics magazine

92. Adjusts a pot

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

96. Printer resolution abbreviation

97. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

99. Negation prefix

101. Chemical symbol for scandium

102. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

103. Part of a FOR loop

104. Type of current flow (abbr.)

105. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

108. Chemical symbol for radium


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RF & Microwave Crossword Solution, October 23, 2011 - RF Cafe