RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle

July 15, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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RF Engineering Theme Crossword Puzzle for July 15, 2012 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Greek letter used for wavelength (pl.)

7. 2/3 of a triac

11. Region of the ionosphere found approximately 55 to 90 miles above Earth; it fades away a few hours after sunset (hyph.)

13. One possible go-no-go test result

16. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)

17. Encased in a protective covering

20. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

21. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

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

24. Cellphone band below PCS

25. 1/6 inch printer's measure

26. Centimeter (abbr.)

27. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)

29. Diode for Alternating Current (abbr.)

31. Type of distribution, squared

32. Chemical symbol for cobalt

33. Thread cutting tools

35. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

36. A false signal produced in a superheterodyne receiver's circuitry

37. Part of CAD

38. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

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

40. Network department (abbr.)

41. Big Blue

43. Automatic Testing, Evaluation & Reporting (abbr.)

45. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)

46. Chemical symbol for calcium

47. Mass unit (abbr.)

48. ELI the ICE ___

49. Chemical symbol for cesium

50. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

51. File name extension for an ASCII file

53. ECM response

55. Imaging device (abbr.)

57. Geometric entity with only length

59. Its chemical symbol is Ce

62. Constellation : The southern cross

63. Ferromagnetic material having high electrical resistivity, used for inductors

1. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

2. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

3. Joins a male and a female connector

4. 8 bits

5. Morse Code for "from"

6. Chemical symbol for argon

8. Band between RF and BB

9. A common battery cell size

10. Connector vendor

12. A common battery cell size

14. One layer of a multi-layered PCB

15. One of the "E"s in BSEE

17. Imaging device (abbr., pl.)

18. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

19. Opposite of encode

22. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

28. Electromagnetic radiation in the visible band

30. Dilbert's female co-worker

31. Imaging device (abbr.)

33. Degrade or destroy performance

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

36. Big Blue

37. Chemical symbol for arsenic

39. Study for a test just before taking it

40. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)

42. Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

44. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)

45. Computer character set (abbr.)

49. Co-channel rejection ratio (abbr.)

52. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

54. Chemical symbol for calcium

56. Device under test (abbr.)

58. Chemical symbol for europium

59. European equivalent to the U.L.

60. Chemical symbol for erbium

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


See solution below

RF Engineering Theme Crossword Puzzle Solution for July 15, 2012 - RF Cafe