RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
June 10, 2012

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for June 10, 2012 - RF Cafe

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1. "Texting" (abbr.)

4. One port on a BJT

8. Conductor size unit (abbr.)

11. Time Division Multiplexing

12. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

13. Type of memory

15. Keyboard key

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

17. Chemical symbol for cobalt

18. ELI the ICE ___

21. Morse Code for "from"

22. Computer "brain" (abbr.)

23. The English call them valves

25. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial (pl.)

26. An elementary particle

27. Rechargeable battery type (abbr.)

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

30. Negation prefix

31. Chemical symbol for arsenic

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

36. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)

38. Chemical symbol for thulium

39. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (abbr.)

43. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)

44. Its chemical symbol is Nb

47. Unit of admittance (pl.)

48. Name of the third series in the spectrum of hydrogen

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

50. Maximum voltage in a waveform

51. Helium, iron, silicon, or uranium, for example

53. Technical drawing structure

55. Type of data conversion device (abbr., pl.)

56. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

57. Chemical symbol for selenium

58. High Definition Television

59. Opposite of I.D.

60. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

62. Part of this website's title

64. Pertaining to the moon

65. The "E" in BER

67. Unwanted 60- or 120- Hz modulation due to poor power supply filtering (2 wds.)

69. Mars has two of these

70. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)

73. Chemical symbol for neodymium

75. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)

76. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

77. Stock symbol for Raytheon

79. Online service

80. Ground fault interrupter (abbr.)

82. Display type

83. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)

84. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

85. Young's _______, measure of tensile strength

86. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

1. ESD protective apparel

2. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)

3. Surface Mount Technology

4. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

5. Unit of length (abbr.)

6. Chemical symbol for erbium

7. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

8. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

9. Wired Equivalent Privacy (abbr.)

10. Adhered

12. Exalted-Carrier Single Sideband (abbr.)

14. A type of average (pl.)

18. Elementary particle

19. Soak up RF energy

20. A common lamp tube gas

23. Chemical symbol for terbium

24. Chemical symbol for tin

29. Common type of screw (2 wds.)

31. Instrument for measuring current

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

33. Sent a file over a network (abbr.)

34. First name of a British scientist of falling apple fame

35. Plane circular area (pl.)

37. The "F" in EMF

38. Another word for each complete winding of an inductor (pl.)

39. Type of chart used to plot immittance

40. Dimension from wing LE to TE

41. Type of optical network

42. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

45. Exponent that returns the original number

46. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

50. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

52. What common optical device produces images by reflection

54. 1.602E-19 Joules

59. Using a logical connection scheme for redundant power supplies

60. Its chemical symbol is Fe

61. Solid of rotation whose sides are the hypoteneuse of a right triangle

63. Physical unit used to measure capacitance

64. Long Range Aid to Navigation

65. 1/6 inch printer's measure

66. Type of flip-flop

68. _____-Carlo analysis

71. End of transmission (abbr.)

72. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

74. Design for Manufacturability (abbr.)

76. Cellphone band above DCS

77. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

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

81. Galilean moon

82. Chemical symbol for lutetium


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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for June 10, 2012 - RF Cafe