Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle

April 8, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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1. Dilbert's dog

4. Changed from the initial value due to instability

8. This Sunday

12. Chemical symbol for bromine

14. PC follower

15. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)

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

18. Another name for bandreject

22. Constellation of the greater bear (2 wds.)

28. Circuit element connecting PCB layers

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

30. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

31. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

32. Bulk Acoustic Wave

34. Network department (abbr.)

35. The Microwave Office software company (abbr.)

37. 2 x SSB

39. Chemical symbol for palladium

41. European equivalent to the U.L.

42. Frequency (pl.)

43. Satellite EHF Communications for Mobile Multimedia

45. Encases in a protective covering

47. Type of logic gate

49. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

50. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

52. Effective Radiated Power (abbr.)

53. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

54. Type of memory

55. Mr. de Forest's first name

57. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

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

61. Type of logic gate

62. Released volatile products from a liquid coating such as paint

65. Adverse property of Teflon

67. Push to Talk (abbr.)

69. Chemical symbol for aluminum

70. Type of component package (abbr.)

72. 1/6 inch printer's measure

74. A line on a map which joins points of equal pressure

75. An array of 12 or 16 numbered keys that generate the standard telephone dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) dialing signals (2 wds.)

76. The "E" in TEM

1. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

2. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star

3. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

5. Chemical symbol for radium

6. International Telecommunications Union

7. Logarithmic unit of power

9. Time delay (abbr.)

10. World's 1st fully electronic digital computer

11. Type of flip-flop

13. Uppermost surface (pl.)

16. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

19. A common battery cell size

20. One type of electron spin

21. Chemical symbol for thallium

23. Automaton

24. Chemical symbol for selenium

25. Volts divided by resistance

26. Unit of energy

27. Opposite of I.D.

28. Power supply vendor in Andover, MA

33. Unit of magnetic flux

35. Online service

36. Flip-flop control input

37. Morse Code for "from"

38. Ratio of a mechanical drawing

40. User Datagram Protocol

43. Halves of DIP's

44. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

46. Amateur Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

48. Factor of a polynomial

51. Turn on the computer

53. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter

55. Chemical symbol for lutetium

56. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

58. Chemical symbol for arsenic

60. Chemical symbol for chlorine

61. Chemical symbol for nobelium

63. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

64. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)

66. High speed data over telephone lines (abbr.)

67. Ratio of circumference to diameter

68. Part of a FOR loop

71. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

73. Chemical symbol for molybdenum


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