Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle

September 9, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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Microwave Engineering Crossword for September 9, 2012

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1. The "G" in GPS

4. Course headings

8. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)

10. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

11. Provider of services for telecommunications systems in Switzerland (abbr.)

13. Filter type (abbr.)

15. Range of frequencies

17. Type of current

18. Type of modulation (abbr.)

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

20. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

22. Chemical symbol for lithium

23. Chemical symbol for chlorine

24. Part of an optical cable bundle

27. Imaging device (abbr.)

29. Opposite of O.D.

30. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

31. Computer messaging service

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

35. Mass unit (abbr.)

36. Modulation type (abbr.)

37. Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (abbr.)

39. Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (abbr.)

40. Stock symbol for Boeing

42. Band between RF and BB

43. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

44. Balanced-to-unbalanced device

45. Electronics components & batteries supplier based in Japan

46. Chemical symbol for argon

47. Type of logic gate

49. State of matter (pl.)

51. Centimeter (abbr.)

52. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

54. Complex Instruction Set Computer

56. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

57. Chemical symbol for francium

58. Chemical symbol for cadmium

59. Wireless phone region

62. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

64. Electromagnetic radiation in the visible band

66. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.

68. Digital voltmeter (abbr.)

70. Circuit or mechanical designer with a Bachelor's or higher degree

71. Helium, hydrogen, argon, etc.

1. Started as HPIB

2. Spurious signal produced in a receiver

3. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

4. Data transmission pathway

5. Referring to atoms

6. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

7. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device

9. Tie a bundle of wires together

10. One port of an amplifier

12. Curly-Q type light bulb (abbr.)

13. Method of sending high-speed digital signals on electric distribution wires, a Ham's nemesis (abbr.)

14. Part of a closed-loop system (pl.)

16. Constellation of the Ram

17. Morse Code for "from"

19. Display type

21. The second-lowest region of the ionosphere found approximately 60 to 70 miles above Earth (1 ltr. + 1 wd, hyph.)

24. A number series that has each number equal to the sum of the two previous numbers

25. Chemical symbol for beryllium

26. Part of a gyroscope that facilitates free movement of the reference sphere

28. Outside shell (pl.)

32. A common battery cell size

33. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

35. Unit of length (abbr.)

38. Chemical symbol for californium

39. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

41. Chemical symbol for aluminum

43. Theoretical

45. Start frequency (abbr.)

47. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

48. Specify system parameters

50. MS database

51. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

53. Unit of energy

54. Closed Circuit Television

55. Opposite of O.D.

60. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

61. Smartphone display (abbr., pl.)

63. ELI the ICE ___

65. High Data Rate

67. Chemical symbol for bismuth

69. Chemical symbol for magnesium


See solution below

Microwave Engineering Crossword Solution for September 9, 2012