Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle
June 9, 2013

2013 Crosswords Archive

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Science & Engineering Crossword for June 9, 2013 - RF Cafe

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1. Slang term given to an antenna which radiates most of the transmitted energy nearly straight up (2 wds.)

6. Solid state power amplifier (abbr.)

9. World's 1st fully electronic digital computer

10. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

12. Modulation technique that varies the width of pulses in a train (abbr.)

14. Chemical symbol for antimony

16. Conductor used to bleed charge from a high voltage supply bank (pl.)

19. Maximum Usable Frequency

21. JavaScript (abbr.)

22. Unit of weight

23. RF computer network

24. Voice-operated transmit (abbr.)

26. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)

28. Direction of carbon fiber strands

29. Switch position

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

32. Unit of time (abbr.)

33. End of transmission (abbr.)

34. 1e-6 mA

35. Type of graph with a circular grid

37. Chemical symbol for niobium

38. Internet protocol (abbr.)

40. Decimeter (abbr.)

41. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

42. Display a radar target

44. Chemical symbol for arsenic

45. Silicon transistor type

47. Boob tube (abbr.)

49. Compound used as the frequency determining element in microwave oscillators

50. Chemical symbol for krypton

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

52. Maximum voltage in a waveform

54. Add two or more inputs

55. Substrate for mounting component (abbr., pl.)

56. Logic family

57. Abbreviation for peak voltage

60. Half of a DIP

61. Transmits a signal

66. Type of current flow (abbr.)

67. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

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

69. Unit of magnetic flux

72. Adjusts a pot

73. Ratio of filter's stopband bandwidth (usually 60 dB) to its passband bandwidth (usually 3 dB)(2 wds)

1. Cellular Digital Packet Data

2. One type of electron spin

3. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

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

5. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

6. Applying more signal than a circuit can handle

7. Chemical symbol for scandium

8. Large array of disparate antennas (2 wds.)

11. Its chemical symbol is Ar

12. Type of chart

13. Premier RF/microwave engineering magazine (abbr.)

14. Chemical symbol for strontium

15. Electron beam particle (pl.)

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

18. System On Chip

20. ___-back transformer

24. Unit of apparent power (2 wds, pl.)

25. Ham's code for "Your net frequency is Low."

27. Greek letter (micro)

28. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

30. Positive integer which has a positive divisor other than one or itself (pl.)

31. Increase voltage linearly

33. Online auction site

35. Chemical symbol for palladium

36. Chemical symbol for radium

37. Chemical symbol for neptunium

39. Chemical symbol for platinum

43. Input intercept point (abbr.)

46. Chemical symbol for neodymium

47. Trans European Trunked RAdio

48. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

50. Runge-_____ method in differential equations

51. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)

52. Substrate for mounting components (abbr.)

53. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

58. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

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

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

63. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association

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

65. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.

69. Weight (abbr.)

70. Chemical symbol for rhodium

71. Chemical symbol for neon


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Science & Engineering Crossword Solution for June 9, 2013 - RF Cafe