RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
August 26, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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December 30

December 23

December 16

December 9

December 2

November 25

November 18

November 11

November 4

October 28

October 21

October 14

October 7

September 30

September 23

September 16

September 9

September 2

August 26

August 19

August 12

August 5

July 29

July 22

July 15

July 8

July 1

June 24

June 17

June 10

June 3

May 27

May 20

May 13

May 6

April 29

April 22

April 15

April 8

April 1

March 25

March 18

March 11

March 4

February 26

February 19

February 12

February 5

January 29

January 22

January 15

January 8

January 1


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ACROSS DOWN
1. Base 16 number system

8. English astronomer who discovered the world' most famous comet (2 wds.)

14. Chemical symbol for arsenic

15. Type of current flow (abbr.)

16. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

18. Infrared (abbr.)

19. Unit of heat

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

25. Graphics file extension

26. 12 inches

27. Keyboard key

29. Unit of energy

30. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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

32. Opposite of a LO

33. Creates a code version of a semiconductor device

35. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

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

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

40. Did a total memory transfer

42. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

43. Remove stored energy from a capacitor

47. Morse Code for "from"

49. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

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

51. Galilean moon

52. Powers pneumatic devices

54. 1.602E-19 Joules

55. Interrupt a normal atomic structure nucleus

59. Chemical symbol for aluminum

61. Wire or cable connecting a radio to an antenna

62. One port of an amplifier

63. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)

64. Chemical symbol for iron

65. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

66. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

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

69. Preventing of the direct physical transfer of signals from one point to another

71. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

74. Greek letter used for coefficient of reflection (pl.)

76. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)

78. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

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

81. Devices on an axle used to hold a wheel in place

83. Chemical symbol for cesium

84. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

86. Computer Assisted Design and Development

88. Hz

89. Heatsink feature

90. Equipment

92. One state of matter

93. A 3rd-order polynomial

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

99. Chemical symbol for copper

100. Chemical symbol for magnesium

102. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

104. 1/6 inch printer's measure

105. Its unit symbol is G (pl.)

106. The Greek astronomer who was the first to state that the earth revolves around the sun

1. Logical summer that does not use a carry bit (2 wds.)

2. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

3. A common battery cell size

4. Cellphone band below PCS

5. The "C" in BCD

6. 1E6 cycle per second

7. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

8. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

9. One port on a FET (pl.)

10. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

11. Web page language

12. Chemical symbol for gold

13. Light

17. The "H" in UHF

20. Inductor

21. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

23. European equivalent to the U.L.

24. Chemical symbol for helium

25. Early predecessor to an online forum (abbr.)

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

28. Semiconductor lamp

29. A keyboard key

32. Filter type that blocks lower frequencies (abbr.)

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

34. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

36. Frequency division multiple access (abbr.)

37. Vacuum tube element

38. Chemical symbol for beryllium

39. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)

41. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

44. RF ____, the world's best engineering website

45. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)

46. A common IC bond wire metal

47. Singulated piece of IC wafer

48. Filter types (abbr., pl.)

49. Swap ____, a Ham's flea market

52. Army-Navy specification prefix

53. Electromagnetic wavelength units

55. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)

56. Internet protocol (abbr.)

57. Low altitude earth orbit

58. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)

60. Geometric entity with only length

63. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

67. Decimeter (abbr.)

69. Opposite of O.D.

70. Transfer charge w/o physical contact

71. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)

72. Chemical symbol for cobalt

73. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

74. Gallium nitride chemical symbol

75. Chemical symbol for argon

76. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)

77. Start frequency (abbr.)

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

80. ECM response

82. Electromagnetic radiation in the visible band

84. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc.

85. The "D" in CD

86. Centimeter (abbr.)

87. Type of current

91. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

94. Data transmission pathway

95. Broadband Signal Intrusion (abbr.)

96. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)

97. Chemical symbol for lutetium

98. Network department (abbr.)

101. Chemical symbol for gallium

103. A BPF specification (abbr.)

104. Chemical symbol for europium


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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for 8-26-2012 - RF Cafe