Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

December 4, 2011

2011 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle, 12-4-2011 - RF Cafe

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1. Having no inflection point

10. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

11. Type of logic gate (pl.)

13. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

15. 3 GHz to 30 GHz

17. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

18. Unit of length (abbr.)

19. The "G" in GPS

20. Its chemical symbol is Os

21. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

22. 36 in. (abbr., pl.)

24. Greek letter

25. RF connector type

28. Surface Mount Technology

31. Part of CAD

32. Pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor (abbr.)

33. One component of a vector

34. Opposite of O.D.

36. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

37. Unit of time (abbr.)

38. Switch position

39. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

41. Software function selection mechanisms

44. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency

45. European equivalent to the U.L.

47. Ham's code for "What is your location?"

48. Opposite of a LO

49. Electronic Variable Optical Attenuator (abbr.)

50. Frequency

52. Type of flip-flop

53. Ham's code for "Unable to copy you."

55. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

57. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)

59. A length of transmission line that is open or shorted at one end (pl.)

61. Display type

63. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

64. Chemical symbol for selenium

65. Band between RF and BB

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

68. Data declaration type in software (pl.)

70. Type of antenna (pl.)

71. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit (pl.)

72. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

73. 2 x SSB

74. Chemical symbol for tantalum

76. Modem encoding method (abbr.)

78. Chemical symbol for thulium

79. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star (pl.)

82. Integrate data onto a carrier wave

85. Chemical symbol for radium

86. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)

87. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency reference oscillators (abbr.)

88. Chemical symbol for manganese

89. Ham abbreviation for transceiver

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

93. The "F" in CFL bulbs

2. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

3. Transportation accident investigation agency (abbr.)

4. Workplace safety group (abbr.)

5. Type of logic gate

6. Charged particles

7. Study for a test just before taking it

8. Chemical symbol for arsenic

9. Official policy defining requirements and limits

12. A complex quantity that can describe either impedance or admittance

14. Below ELF

16. ___-back transformer

17. Line of Sight (abbr.)

18. Multiplexer (abbr.)

23. An abrupt change in a parametric value (pl.)

25. Time division duplex (abbr.)

26. Apollo 11 astronaut ____ Armstrong

27. Optical storage medium

28. Quantum electron property (pl.)

29. Unit of admittance (pl.)

30. Base of the decimal number system

35. Type of current

38. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)

40. More than one XCVR

42. Equalizer (abbr.)

43. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

44. The last transmission by a station during a contact

46. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

48. Communication between stations by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere

51. Ham term for the local Ham Radio Dealer (2 wds.)

53. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)

54. Chemical symbol for lead

56. Tuning step

58. Chemical symbol for californium

59. One of four lines used in ferrite core memories

60. SIgnal to Noise And Distortion (abbr.)

62. Centimeter (abbr.)

64. Small DIP package (abbr.)

66. Sends a file over a network (abbr.)

68. Common gateway interface (abbr.)

69. Half of DSB

75. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

76. Modem encoding method (abbr.)

77. Send Morse Code

78. Time Division Multiplexing

80. International Amateur Radio Union (abbr.)

81. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (abbr.)

83. National Television System Committee (abbr.)

84. Solid of rotation whose sides are the hypoteneuse of a right triangle

89. Chemical symbol for thallium

90. Test equipment (abbr.)

92. Chemical symbol for radon


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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution, 12-4-2011 - RF Cafe