Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

May 8, 2011

2011 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF Cafe - May 8, 2011 Engineering Crossword

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1. With 31 across, message for today's celebrity (3 wds. total)

12. Logical gate type (pl.)

13. Connector type

14. Trigonometric function equal to the ratio between the side opposite a given angle, and the hypotenuse

16. Chemical symbol for lithium

18. Chemical symbol for palladium

20. Network department (abbr.)

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

23. Chemical symbol for holmium

24. Indium phosphide

26. Used to remove oxidation during soldering

29. Automatic Packet Position Reporting System (abbr.)

31. With 1 across, message for today's celebrity (3 wds. total)

32. Cellular Digital Packet Data

34. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

35. Greek letter

36. Wireless phone region

37. Chemical symbol for europium

38. Modulation type (abbr.)

40. Lunar depression

43. Abbreviation for minimum voltage

44. Chemical symbol for iron

45. Chemical symbol for selenium

47. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)

49. Chemical symbol for silicon

50. Online service

52. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

53. Boob tube (abbr.)

54. Method of connecting redundant power supplies (pl.)

55. Unit of length (abbr.)

56. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)

57. Astronomical Unit (93E6 miles)

58. Infrared (abbr.)

59. Start frequency (abbr.)

60. Insulating cover over a solder joint

63. Galilean moon

65. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

67. Battery cell chemistry type (abbr.)

69. Type of chart

70. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)

72. Not hot

74. One state of matter

75. The "W" in CW

76. Term used in soldering to describe the condition that occurs when the metals being soldered are hot enough to melt the solder so it flows over the surface

78. Positive voltage lead color

79. Chemical symbol for aluminum

80. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

81. Boob tube (abbr.)

83. Chemical symbol for calcium

85. Chemical symbol for xenon

86. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr., pl.)

88. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association

90. Total Access Communication System (abbr.)

91. The process by which a body moves back and forth through a central neutral position (pl.)

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

2. Amateur Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

3. Unit of time (abbr.)

4. Yard (abbr.)

5. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)

6. One port of an amplifier

7. Chemical symbol for terbium

8. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

9. They give wings an airfoil shape

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

11. Dilbert's female co-worker

15. He stated the law that the pressure of a given mass of gas is inversely proportional to its volume at constant temperature

17. The "I" in ISM

19. __________ approximation DAC

21. One element of a scattering matrix

23. A communications mode in which a radio transmits and receives on two different frequencies but performs only one of these operations at any given time (2 wds)

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

27. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

28. Type of logic gate

29. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

30. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

31. Morse Code for "from"

33. 10^1 numerical prefix

36. Centimeter (abbr.)

39. Unit of admittance (pl.)

41. Mechanical engineering organization (abbr.)

42. Considered the 4th dimension

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

46. 1.602E-19 Joules

48. Chemical symbol for francium

51. Opposite of I.D.

52. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

58. Indium Gallium Phosphor semiconductor (abbr.)

59. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

61. Mr. de Forest's first name

62. Organization for former military members

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

66. Summed

68. 1E6 nanoseconds

69. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

71. Chemical symbol for platinum

73. Method of connecting redundant power supplies

75. Computer communication scheme (abbr., pl.)

77. Move in a raster pattern

80. Variable Frequency Oscillator

81. Logic family (abbr.)

82. Circuit element connecting PCB layers

84. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)

87. Chemical symbol for scandium

88. Chemical symbol for chlorine

89. PC follower

90. Part of a FOR loop


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RF Cafe - May 8, 2011 Engineering Crossword Solution