RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
September 1, 2013

2013 Crosswords Archive

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for September 1, 2013 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Its chemical symbol is Cf

6. 1/4-turn fastener

9. Part of an optical cable bundle

10. Chemical symbol for iron

12. SIP x 2

14. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

16. Filter circuit used to flatten group delay (pl.)

19. Output intercept point (abbr.)

21. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

22. Binary Coded Decimal

23. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)

24. Amateur radio enthusiast

26. Set of poles

28. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)

29. Ham-ese for Young Lady

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

32. PC follower

33. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

34. Chemical symbol for lithium

35. Create a power supply output w/o a ground reference

37. Chemical symbol for helium

38. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)

40. Chemical symbol for holmium

41. Chemical symbol for ytterbium

42. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc. (pl.)

44. Test equipment (abbr.)

45. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

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

49. Satellite TV system

50. Chemical symbol for argon

51. Keyboard key

52. Telephony over computer networks

54. Precision landing system (abbr.)

55. Logic gate

56. System On Chip

57. Weight (abbr.)

60. Below ELF

61. A shortened flexible antenna used with hand-held scanners and transceivers, slang (2 wds.).

66. Chemical symbol for selenium

67. Airflow rate (abbr.)

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

69. Online venue for posting comments & reading replies

72. Internet mail protocol (abbr.)

73. Vector multiplication that returns a scalar value (pl.)

1. With 3 Down, the name of this website

2. One possible go-no-go test result

3. With 1 Down, the name of this website

4. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

5. 1/000 of an inch

6. Excursion from the normal value (pl.)

7. Chemical symbol for zirconium

8. Additive to reduce mixture volatility (pl.)

11. Exactly the same in mathematics

12. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

13. Peak Inverse Voltage

14. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

15. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star

17. Hit a component with an electrostatic discharge

18. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)

20. Silicon transistor type

24. The longest side of a right triangle (pl.)

25. Ham's code for "Station is leaving the net."

27. A common battery cell size

28. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

30. Circuit configuration w/feedback (2 wds.)

31. Straight line eminating from a point source (pl.)

33. A disk operation

35. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

36. Chemical symbol for terbium

37. Chemical symbol for mercury

39. Chemical symbol for cesium

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

46. Chemical symbol for thallium

47. Curve formed by a point which moves according to a mathematically defined rule

48. Ratio of circumference to diameter

50. Dilbert's female co-worker

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

52. Aircraft navigation system (abbr.)

53. Printed Wiring Board (abbr.)

58. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

59. Time Division Multiplexing

62. Chemical symbol for beryllium

63. Stock symbol for RF Micro Devices

64. Sends a message via Morse Code

65. Manufacturer of project boxes

69. Unit of length (abbr.)

70. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

71. Chemical symbol for praseodymium


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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for September 1, 2013 - RF Cafe