Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle
December 22, 2013

2013 Crosswords Archive

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Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle for December 22, 2013 - RF Cafe

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1. Chemical symbol for nickel

3. Southern lights - Aurora _________

9. Chemical symbol for californium

11. Turns on the computer

12. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr.)

13. Transformer interwinding connection

16. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)

17. International phonetic alphabet letter "L"

18. 2nd part of this website's title

20. Switch position

21. "Calling any amateur radio station"

23. 1E6 cycle per second

25. European equivalent to the U.L.

26. Chemical symbol for erbium

27. Sets of 5 work days

29. Summer

31. One factor of a polynomial

34. Restrain voltage input

36. Longitudinal shape-forming structural element

38. A keyboard key

39. Logical negation operator

40. BER, 8 bits at a time

41. Type of component package (abbr.)

42. Chemical symbol for magnesium

43. Chemical symbol for mercury

45. Chemical symbol for argon

47. Galilean moon

48. Chemical symbol for europium

50. Heatsink feature (pl.)

52. Plane circular area (pl.)

54. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr., pl.)

56. Test point (abbr.)

57. Chemical symbol for gold

58. Test point (abbr.)

60. Chemical symbol for selenium

62. Chemical symbol for chlorine

63. Chemical symbol for aluminum

65. A feedback scheme to level out the receiver audio volume (abbr.)

67. A surface which curves inwards like the interior of a sphere

70. Ham's code for "What is the correct time?"

72. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

73. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

74. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

75. Chemical symbol for cesium

76. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

78. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

79. The science of celestial bodies

84. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

85. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

86. Chemical symbol for arsenic

87. Type of flip-flop

89. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

90. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

92. Base 16 number system

93. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.)

97. First man to orbit the earth - Yuri ...

101. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor

102. File name extension for an ASCII file

103. 1E6 nanoseconds

104. 1E6 nanoseconds

1. Chemical symbol for niobium

2. Its chemical symbol is I

3. Capture leading edge of a signal

4. Country of RF Cafe's residency

5. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

6. Modulation type (abbr.)

7. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

8. Separated by specific distances

9. Engineer's blood plasma

10. Type of modulation (abbr.)

14. Chemical symbol for polonium

15. Ham's code for "Does my frequency vary?"

16. 1st part of this website's title

17. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter

19. The "E" in BER

22. Ham's code for "Are my signals fading?"

23. Joining a male and a female connector

24. Point in the sky vertically above a given position

25. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

28. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)

30. Add an impurity to a semiconductor

32. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

33. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (abbr., pl.)

35. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

36. O-scope time base action

37. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

41. Product offering type of Applied Wave Research (AWR), Applied Computer Sciences (ACS), Guided Wave Technology, Sunshine Design, etc.

42. Mathematical operation concerned only with the remainder when one number is divided by another

44. Mr. Kirchhoff's and Mr. Eiffel's first name

46. The "R" in R&D

47. One port of an amplifier

49. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

51. Internet protocol (abbr.)

53. Chemical symbol for silicon

55. Unit of time (abbr.)

57. MS database

59. Chamber that receives air from a blower for distribution

61. A BPF specification (abbr.)

64. Equalizer (abbr.)

66. Third largest asteroid

68. Chemical symbol for nobelium

69. PC follower

71. Software device for tracking elapsed time

75. Wire

77. Constellation : The water snake

80. Boob tube (abbr.)

81. Chemical symbol for radium

82. 1e-6 mA

83. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

84. The quality factor of a component under operating conditions (1 wd. + 1 ltr.)

88. Electronically imaged a document

89. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

91. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

94. Type of data storage IC

95. Type of logic gate (pl.)

96. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

98. A common battery cell size

99. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)

100. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)


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Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for December 22, 2013 - RF Cafe