Engineering Crossword Puzzle

March 11, 2012

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Microwave Engineering Crossword, March 11, 2012 - RF Cafe

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1. Ionized trails of meteors used as a reflecting media (2 wds.)

9. 3 GHz to 30 GHz

11. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor

12. Chemical symbol for thallium

13. Bandwidth (abbr.)

15. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)

18. Chemical symbol for arsenic

20. Chemical symbol for aluminum

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

23. Ad-hoc on demand distance vector (abbr.)

26. Ratio of circumference to diameter

27. Periodic superimposed waveform amplitude variation

30. "Texting" (abbr.)

32. 2/3 of a triac

34. Modulation technique (abbr.)

35. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.)

36. Adjust

38. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)

40. The "O" in ROM

41. International phonetic alphabet letter "G"

42. Mr. de Forest's first name

43. Longitudinal shape-forming structural element

45. Battery cell chemistry type (abbr.)

47. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)

48. Thread cutting tools

51. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

52. Limits voltages

54. Unit of time (abbr.)

55. Frequency division multiple access (abbr.)

57. Time delay (abbr.)

58. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

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

61. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

63. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for lutetium

66. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

69. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

70. The common connection for all parts of a circuit that connect to the negative side of the power supply (2 wds.)

2. Chemical symbol for tantalum

3. Chemical symbol for erbium

4. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

5. Removed insulation from a wire

6. Chemical symbol for chlorine

7. Chemical symbol for terbium

8. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

9. That which has mass and occupies space (pl.)

10. Start frequency (abbr.)

14. Electrical terminal, normally left unconnected at one end (pl.)

16. Chemical symbol for calcium

17. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

18. Cable covered by strong jacket

19. Chemical symbol for silicon

20. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

22. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)

24. Reflection where light arriving from a single direction is reflected in a many different directions

25. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

28. Oscillator type that is referenced to an external source (abbr., pl.)

29. Positively doped silicon

31. Greek letter, used to indicate summation

33. Issac Newton's mathematical contribution

37. Megohm (abbr.)

39. Chemical symbol for selenium

44. Logic family

46. Precision landing system (abbr.)

49. Band between RF and BB

50. Miniature threaded RF connector

53. Related to FM by a differential

56. Chemical symbol for aluminum

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

62. Test equipment (abbr.)

63. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

64. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for lithium

67. Part of a FOR loop

68. Chemical symbol for copper


See solution below

Microwave Engineering Crossword Solution, March 11, 2012 - RF Cafe