Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle
February 17, 2013

2013 Crosswords Archive

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Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle for February 17, 2013 - RF Cafe

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2. Trigger circuit to convert a given waveform to a square wave output

6. Lowest operational frequency of a waveguide (pl.)

11. Be behind in phase

13. Keyboard key

14. 1/6 inch printer's measure

15. Describes a fluid having a thick consistency

19. Greek letter (micro)

20. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

23. Logical negation operator

24. Display type

26. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)

28. System established by the NTSC to adjust video display hue values

30. Unit of weight

33. Receiver/transmitter that listens for a transmission and re-transmits it

35. 36 in. (abbr., pl.)

36. Karl Friedrich _____, after whom the unit of magnetic field strength is named

38. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

39. Mechanical engineering organization (abbr.)

40. Drill a hole

41. Fast Fourier transform (abbr.)

42. Mass unit (abbr., pl.)

44. One system's phonetic letter "z"

46. Amplifier linearity specification (abbr.)

48. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.)

49. Voltage-controlled oscillator (abbr.)

50. Parameter that is a figure of merit for receiver performance in presence of multiple signals (abbr.)

52. A common battery cell size

54. Ratio of circumference to diameter

55. Fairchild Advanced Schottky TTL (abbr.)

57. Stock symbol for Raytheon

58. High Data Rate

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

60. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

62. Chemical symbol for silver

63. Current summing point

65. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

66. Multiplexer (abbr.)

68. Optical cross-connect (abbr.)

69. Type of logic gate

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

71. Time division duplex (abbr.)

72. General Packet Radio Service

74. One who DXs

75. Indium phosphide

78. Short for modulator/demodulator

81. Input intercept point (abbr.)

83. Pass-Fail ________, defining limits for acceptance test

87. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

88. Extracts information from a modulated signal

91. ELI the ICE ___

92. Common gateway interface (abbr.)

94. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

95. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

96. Chemical symbol for argon

98. Studied for a test just before taking it

100. Greek letter

101. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)

103. Negation prefix

104. Under sampled

105. The sum is greater than the parts

1. Megahertz * 1000

3. Opposite of set

4. Amateur radio enthusiast

5. Chemical symbol for magnesium

7. Opposite of I.D.

8. Finite-Element Model

9. Digital multimeter manufacturer

10. Compliment to raising a number to the power of 2

12. Type of current

15. Aircraft navigation system (abbr.)

16. Network department (abbr.)

17. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

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

21. U.S. military organization (abbr.)

22. Precision landing system (abbr.)

23. 1e-6 mA

25. Morse Code for "from"

26. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

27. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

29. My last name

30. Chemical symbol for tantalum

31. Release volatile products from a liquid coating such as paint

32. Unit of time (abbr.)

34. Name of the effect which causes a voltage between the faces of a crystal under mechanical pressure

36. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

37. Chemical symbol for antimony

41. Subatomic particle named after an Italian-born American nuclear physicist

42. Chemical symbol for krypton

43. Chemical symbol for scandium

45. Specified system parameters

47. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

49. Constellation : The virgin

51. Heatsink feature

53. Test document for verifying proper function (abbr.)

54. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

56. Electronic component package type (abbr.)

59. Mass of an element

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

64. 3-D geometrical figure that is symmetrical about each of three perpendicular axes, and has circular sections along one axis and elliptical sections along the others (pl.)

66. Chemical symbol for manganese

67. Chemical symbol for xenon

73. Type of component package (abbr.)

74. Decimeter (abbr.)

76. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

77. Part of a male connector

79. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

80. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

81. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

82. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

84. Computer messaging service

85. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

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

88. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

89. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

90. Using a logical connection scheme for redundant power supplies

93. Infrared (abbr.)

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

97. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

99. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

100. Type of logic gate

102. Chemical symbol for radium

103. Chemical symbol for neon


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Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for February 17, 2013 - RF Cafe