Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle

May 6, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle for 5/6/2012 - RF Cafe

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1. Amateur Radio activity in June to practice emergency communications (2 wds.)

6. Chemical symbol for cesium

9. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by."

11. Type of modulation (abbr.)

12. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

13. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

16. PC follower

18. Environmental barrier device

19. Base 16 number system (abbr.)

22. Chemical symbol for argon

23. Modulation type (abbr.)

24. Refers to the IEEE802.11 networks (abbr.)

25. Factors of ten

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

30. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

31. Unit of frequency

32. First American to orbit the earth - John ...

33. Proportion of two numbers

35. Unit of length (abbr.)

36. Type of film

37. Exponent that returns the original number

38. Chemical symbol for arsenic

41. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

42. Type of logic gate

45. Cause a circuit breaker to open

48. 1/6 inch printer's measure

49. Mr. Bohr's first name

50. Strong cable covering

51. Miniature threaded RF connector

52. Abbreviation for peak voltage

53. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

55. The lowest region of the ionosphere found approximately 30 to 60 miles above Earth (1 ltr. + 1 wd, hyph.)

58. Gasoline, diesel, etc.

60. Unit of time (abbr.)

61. Chemical symbol for scandium

63. Stock symbol for Harris Communications

64. Transform type for changing series shorted transmission line stub into a parallel open line stub

65. Chemical symbol for zinc

68. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

69. ARRL's magazine

72. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

74. Unit of admittance

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

76. Creating a code version of a semiconductor device

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1. Modem encoding method (abbr.)

2. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

3. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)

4. A common battery cell size

5. Yard (abbr.)

7. Satellite millieu

8. Numerical prefix meaning 10 (var.)

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

14. BER, 8 bits at a time

15. An angle having more than 180 degrees but less than 360

17. Amplifier linearity specification (abbr.)

19. Opposite of a LO

20. Greek letter

21. Display type

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

26. Computer messaging service

27. 2/3 of a triac

28. CPS

29. RF radiating structure

31. An array of 12 or 16 numbered keys that generate the standard telephone dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) dialing signals (2 wds.)

32. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

34. Galilean moon

35. Cooling device

39. Type of data storage IC

40. Shorthand for troposphere

41. Freely swinging rod with a weight at the end that regulates the mechanism of a clock

43. Morse Code for "from"

44. ____ Logic, components used to interconnect primary circuit devices

46. Containing a contaminant

47. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

51. Chemical symbol for tin

52. Circuit element connecting PCB layers

54. Network department (abbr.)

56. Its chemical symbol is Rn

57. Non-return to zero (abbr.)

58. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

59. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

61. Add two or more inputs

62. Study for a test just before taking it

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

67. Large transmitting tube such klystron, magnetron

70. Type of component package (abbr.)

71. Part of a FOR loop

73. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)


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Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for 5/6/2012 - RF Cafe