Science Crossword Puzzle
June 24, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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Since Theme Crossword Puzzle for June 24, 2012 - RF Cafe
ACROSS

1. Founder of the ARRL (3 wds.)

6. Antenna gain unit (abbr.)

7. Chemical symbol for calcium

9. The "E" in ELF

11. Highest value in a list

13. Armored cable type

14. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

16. Java server pages (abbr.)

17. Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (abbr.)

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

23. Display type

26. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

27. Electromotive force (abbr.)

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

30. Chemical symbol for cadmium

32. This calculus operation yields voltage across a capacitor

34. The unit of electrical resistance

36. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

37. Centimeter (abbr.)

38. Outside shell (pl.)

40. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)

41. Degrade or destroy performance

44. Number system of 1's and 0's

45. Army-Navy specification prefix

46. Graphics file extension

47. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

48. Assembling

51. Its chemical symbol is At

52. International Microwave Symposium (abbr.)

53. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

54. Discoverer of x-rays

56. I/O interface connection (2 wds.)

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

59. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor

61. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

62. Limits voltages

66. Small motored tool for model drilling, grinding, shaping, etc.

70. Direct Digital Synthesis (abbr.)

71. RF signal loss in a transmission line

76. Chemical symbol for calcium

77. Chemical symbol for cesium

78. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

79. No insulation

81. Chemical symbol for lithium

82. Once around a circuit

84. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

86. Broadband Signal Intrusion (abbr.)

88. Indium phosphide

89. RF engineer's degree

90. Small representative graphic

91. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)

93. Morse Code for "from"

94. Type of current flow (abbr.)

95. Comic strip engineer

98. The "M" in ISM

102. Chemical symbol for iron

103. Computer "brain" (abbr.)

104. An abrupt change in a parametric value (pl.)

DOWN

1. Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor

2. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

3. Helium, iron, silicon, and uranium, for example

4. What is the force which holds the particles of a substance together

5. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

6. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"

8. Chemical symbol for gold

9. Multiply out a factored expression

10. Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code (abbr.)

11. Short for modulator/demodulator (pl.)

12. Battery company

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

15. Cellphone band below PCS

16. Swiss mathematician who discovered exponential calculus (2 wds.)

18. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

19. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

21. Modulation type (abbr.)

22. Chemical symbol for californium

24. Performing a calculus function

25. ECM response

28. Length times width

31. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)

33. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

35. Chemical symbol for mercury

36. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)

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

40. Steady-state voltage reference

42. Gallium nitride chemical symbol

43. Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.

44. Type of ground strap wire

49. 2 x SSB

50. Keyboard key

55. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr., pl.)

57. Automatic Send-Receive (abbr.)

60. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)

62. Divided into chunks

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

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

65. Early computer display screen recolution (abbr.)

67. High-speed logic family

68. Snail and E are examples of this

69. Pertaining to Boolean operations

71. Type of heat required to change a solid into a liquid or a liquid into a gas without change of temperature

72. 1/6 inch printer's measure

73. Orthogonal

74. Cooling process whereby portion of the heat shield burns away

75. Its chemical symbol is Er

80. A keyboard key

83. Type of logic gate

84. Chemical symbol for arsenic

85. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

87. Galilean moon

92. Type of current

96. Band between RF and BB

97. Semiconductor lamp

99. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

100. Hz

101. Chemical symbol for gold


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Since Theme Crossword Puzzle Solution for June 24, 2012 - RF Cafe