RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
November 11, 2012

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for November 11, 2012 - R FCafe

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2. 3-D geometrical figure that is symmetrical about each of three perpendicular axes, and has circular sections along one axis and elliptical sections along the others (pl.)

9. International phonetic alphabet letter "L"

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

13. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

14. Area on a shaft for accommodating a setscrew

16. Company that leases lab equipment, in Lake Mary, FL (abbr.)

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

18. Chemical symbol for cesium

20. Chemical symbol for cadmium

21. Units of 1000 CPS

22. Once around a circuit

23. Time division duplex (abbr.)

25. Passing control to another operator (pl.)

28. _____&Schwarz

30. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

32. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)

33. What can we call any material in the form of a liquid or a gas

36. Chemical symbol for arsenic

37. Chemical symbol for chlorine

39. Relating to any picture or visual information, from the latin word meaning "I see"

40. Peak envelope power (abbr.)

42. Powers pneumatic devices

44. Area on a shaft for accommodating a setscrew (pl.)

46. Describes the movement of a spacecraft in space when there is no thrust from the engines

50. Adjust a pot

51. Part of a male connector

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

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

55. Chemical symbol for calcium

56. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

57. Short for potentiometer

58. Attenuator topology (hyph.)

60. Type of chart

61. Pure carrier (abbr.)

62. Award offered by ARRL for contacting and confirming 100 or more different countries (abbr.)

63. Unintentional, alternate common current return path (2 wds.)

1. One of the "E"s in BSEE

3. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

4. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

5. Prefix meaning "to squeeze"

6. Miniature RF connector

7. Opposite of I.D.

8. Do a total memory transfer

10. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

11. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

15. Glue

16. Amplifier linearity specification (abbr.)

17. American space agency (abbr.)

19. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

21. Cutting instrument

22. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

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

26. Type of logic used for counting

27. Opposition to the flow of an electrical current

29. Logarithmic unit of voltage (abbr.)

31. Chemical symbol for tantalum

34. Major U.S. space & communications company

35. Keyboard key

38. Chemical symbol for lithium

41. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)

43. The "D" in RFID (pl.)

45. Company that leases lab equipment, in Lake Mary, FL (abbr.)

47. Chemical symbol for radon

48. Generated an official engineering change document

49. Fast Fourier transform (abbr.)

51. Set of poles

54. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

57. Part of a male connector

58. Base of the binary number system

59. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"

60. Chemical symbol for plutonium

61. Chemical symbol for cobalt


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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for November 11, 2012 - R FCafe