Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle

January 29, 2012

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Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle, January 29, 2012 - RF Cafe

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1. Use a filter to assure the spectral content of transmitted signal

5. Leaded component type

10. Chemical symbol for polonium

11. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity

13. Integrate data onto a carrier wave

16. Two of these in a whole

17. Output intercept point (abbr.)

19. Medium for storing large amounts of digital data

20. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

21. Component seller

24. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)

25. 1E6 nanoseconds

26. U.S. military organization (abbr.)

27. 2 x SSB

29. Chemical symbol for krypton

30. 10 decibels

31. Unit of length (abbr.)

33. Unit of weight

35. Changes from the initial value due to instability

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

40. Light ray

42. First man to orbit the earth - ____ Gagarin

43. Infrared (abbr.)

45. Automatons

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

49. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

50. Part of a male connector

51. Modulation type (abbr.)

53. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

55. Base of the decimal number system

56. Test equipment (abbr.)

58. 1/000 of an inch

60. What kind of nuclear reaction powers both the sun and a hydrogen bomb

63. Error checking scheme (abbr.)

64. Small representative graphic

66. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)

67. Inductor

68. The star Alpha Geminorum

71. Adjust a pot

73. Chemical symbol for radium

74. Threaded fastener

75. Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment

1. Send junk e-mail

2. Sample-and-____

3. Chemical symbol for platinum

4. Generated an official engineering change document

6. Chemical symbol for xenon

7. One port of an amplifier

8. Logic family

9. Termination

12. Part of a male connector

14. Differential Phase Shift Keying

15. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.)

16. Amateur radio enthusiast

18. Chemical symbol for palladium

21. Electrical unit of potential difference

22. Opposite of I.D.

23. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)

26. Specify system parameters

28. Form for winding inductors

30. Nickname given to a satellite

32. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

34. A common lamp tube gas

35. Changing

36. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

37. Chemical symbol for silicon

39. Chemical symbol for chromium

41. PC follower

44. Part of this website's title

46. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance

48. Below ELF

52. Type of capacitor dielectric

54. Upper frequency (abbr.)

55. Frequency (pl.)

56. Type of shielded RF cable with two inner conductors

57. High-speed logic family

59. Signal amplitude degradation due to inefficiency

61. Chemical symbol for selenium

62. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)

63. Material used in the center of an inductor coil

65. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

69. Type of logic gate

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

72. Chemical symbol for tantalum


See solution below

Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution, January 29, 2012 - RF Cafe