Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle

September 16, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

Visit the Crossword Express website - RF CafeTake a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

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1. Software language by Borland

6. Soften metal

9. "Calling any amateur radio station"

10. Logarithmic unit of ratio

12. Chemical symbol for francium

13. Powers pneumatic devices

15. 1/000 of an inch

18. Metric system (abbr.)

19. A common battery cell size

21. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

23. Airflow rate (abbr.)

25. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

26. 1 volt / 1000 ohms

27. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

29. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

30. Network department (abbr.)

31. Chemical symbol for iron

32. Precision landing system (abbr.)

33. A common battery cell size

35. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)

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

39. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

40. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

41. Band between RF and BB

43. Opposite of a LO

44. Online service

46. Chemical symbol for gallium

47. Its unit symbol is G

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

50. Display type

52. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

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

54. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

56. Feedback system used to maintain constant level (abbr.)

57. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

58. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

60. Generating a form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules

64. European equivalent to the U.L.

66. The first "C" in Canada's federal CRC communications research group

67. Totals

1. Type of current

2. Equalizer (abbr.)

3. Opposite of O.D.

4. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

5. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

6. Chemical symbol for aluminum

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

8. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

11. Edison's type of light bulb

13. Chemical symbol for silver

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

16. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

17. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

18. Alcohol, epoxy or gasoline, for example

19. Undersampling

20. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

21. Filter type (abbr.)

22. Wire or cable connecting a radio to an antenna

24. 1 volt / 1000 amperes

25. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

28. Chemical symbol for cesium

33. Modulation type (abbr.)

34. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

36. Unit of length (abbr.)

37. PC follower

40. Chemical symbol for magnesium

42. Frequency Division Duplex

43. Amateur radio enthusiast

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

47. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)

48. High-speed logic family

51. Chemical symbol for calcium

55. Type of current flow (abbr.)

58. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

59. Morse Code for "from"

60. Chemical symbol for helium

61. Army-Navy specification prefix

62. Network department (abbr.)

63. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

64. Chemical symbol for chlorine

65. Chemical symbol for einsteinium


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