Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle

July 8, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle for July 8, 2012 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Entity created by virtue of a changing magnetic field (2 wds.)

9. The system than converts common website names to IP addresses (abbr.)

10. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)

12. 1/6 inch printer's measure

14. Chemical symbol for gallium

15. Designation for a DoD-defined component or system (hyp.)

19. Stock symbol for Boeing

20. Morse Code for "from"

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

23. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

24. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

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

27. A coherent monochrome light source (pl.)

29. Largest broadcaster in the UK (abbr.)

32. Opposite of encode

34. Image file format name extension

36. The "F" in EMF

38. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)

40. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

41. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device (pl.)

42. Snail and E are examples of this

43. Start frequency (abbr.)

44. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

45. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)

47. Be behind in phase

49. Keyboard key

51. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)

52. Imaging device (abbr.)

53. Chemical symbol for calcium

54. A common battery cell size

56. Galilean moon

57. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

59. Equipment

60. Hung the program

61. Smartphone display (abbr., pl.)

62. Chemical symbol for magnesium

63. Equalizer (abbr.)

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

65. Network department (abbr.)

67. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

68. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

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

72. Device under test (abbr.)

73. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

74. Big Blue

75. Opposite of O.D.

77. Foot/12

79. Complex Instruction Set Computer

80. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

81. Display type

83. Fastener hardware vendor in Woodside, NY

86. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr.)

87. Method for mechanically connecting component leads in preparation for soldering

91. Indium phosphide

92. Outside shell

95. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)

97. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

99. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

100. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

102. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

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

105. One who creates a code version of a semiconductor device

107. Chemical symbol for iron

108. 1.602E-19 Joules

109. Online service

111. Finite-Element Model

112. Vector multiplication that returns a vector value (2 wds., pl.)

1. Quickly changing portions of waveforms

2. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

3. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

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

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

6. Lower sideband (abbr.)

7. Constellation : The dragon

8. Software troubleshooting tool

11. Reduces receiver sensitivity due to overload from a nearby transmitter

13. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

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

16. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

17. 1/6 inch printer's measure

18. Imaging device (abbr.)

20. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

22. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

23. Chemical symbol for argon

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

26. 10 decibels

28. O-scope triggering method (2 wds.)

29. Chemical symbol for bismuth

30. An amateur station transmitting communications for the purpose of observation of propagation and reception or other related (2 wds.)experimental activities (2 wds.)

31. Chemical symbol for chlorine

33. The ten administrative areas established by the FCC for Amateur Radio (2 wds., pl.)

35. Opposite of O.D.

36. Start frequency (abbr.)

37. Decimeter (abbr.)

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

44. Stored energy

45. Chemical symbol for aluminum

46. Mass unit (abbr.)

48. The "Ga" in GaAs

50. Tied a bundle of wires together

52. Coder/decoder (abbr.)

53. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

55. Automatic repeat request used in AMTOR (abbr.)

56. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

58. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)

66. Switch type with guaranteed default position

68. Chemical symbol for calcium

69. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

71. Smart filter

76. Type of current

78. Chemical symbol for mercury

79. European equivalent to the U.L.

80. Unit of length (abbr.)

82. Cellphone band below PCS

84. Chemical symbol for lithium

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

86. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

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

89. Chemical symbol for cadmium

90. Amateur radio enthusiast

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

93. A common battery cell size

94. Things in a bill of material

96. Chemical symbol for californium

98. Chemical symbol for cobalt

99. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

101. Morse Code for "from"

104. BASIC looping keyword

106. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)

107. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)

110. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

111. A BPF specification (abbr.)


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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for July 8, 2012 - RF Cafe