Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle
May 5, 2013

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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle for May 5, 2013 - RF Cafe

 
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1. Antenna structure that connects directly to the feed line (2 wds., pl.)

9. System On Chip

10. Keyboard key

12. Chemical symbol for tin

14. Creating a code version of a semiconductor device

18. Chemical symbol for nickel

19. Error checking scheme (abbr.)

21. Chemical symbol for selenium

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

23. Exactly the same in mathematics

26. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

29. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

31. Device for linearly adding two or more inputs (pl.)

33. Chemical symbol for bismuth

34. Audio Frequency Shift Keying (abbr.)

37. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

38. Type of flip flop

39. Chemical symbol for rhodium

40. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

41. Very small aperture terminal

43. Chemical symbol for tantalum

45. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

46. Stock symbol for Boeing

47. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

48. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)

49. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

50. _____ factor, the peak-to-average waveform value

51. Transistor circuit configuration where a resistor in the emitter sets the operating point (2 wds.)

55. Chemical symbol for arsenic

56. Chemical symbol for radium

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

58. Chemical symbol for francium

60. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

62. 36 in. (abbr., pl.)

63. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)

64. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

65. Weight (abbr.)

66. Internet protocol (abbr.)

68. Unit of length (abbr.)

70. Periodic waveform with vertical leading edges and sloped trailing edges

74. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star

76. 1e3 uV

77. One port of an amplifier

78. Exponent that returns the original number

79. Chemical symbol for neptunium

80. Switch position

81. Morse Code for "from"

82. Connector type

84. Large transmitting tube such klystron, magnetron

85. European equivalent to the U.L.

87. Chemical symbol for dysprosium

88. Chemical symbol for helium

89. Join a male and a female connector

90. Boob tube (abbr.)

91. Movement of air

92. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

93. Prefix used on many MIL-SPEC components

96. _____-Kutta method in differential equations

99. Unit of length (abbr.)

100. Chemical symbol for gallium

102. Uppermost surface

104. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

105. High frequency speakers

108. Chemical symbol for nobelium

109. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)

111. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

113. Nickname given to a power setting above the legal limit (2 wds.)

1. The "D" in CD

2. Network department (abbr.)

3. Volt-ohmmeter (abbr.)

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

5. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)

6. Enhanced Datarates for Global Evolution

7. Chemical symbol for neon

8. Chemical symbol for thallium

11. Unit of inductance

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

15. Smaller moon of Mars

16. Heat required to change a solid into a liquid or a liquid into a gas without change of temperature

17. Band between RF and BB

18. 1e-6 mA

20. Chemical symbol for chlorine

24. Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (abbr.)

25. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

27. Modem encoding method (abbr.)

28. JavaScript (abbr.)

30. Greek letter used for coefficient of reflection (pl.)

32. Part of this website's title

33. Chemical symbol for bromine

35. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency

36. Type of component package (abbr.)

38. Man who invented the steam engine and after whom the unit of power is named (2 wds.)

41. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

42. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)

43. Prefix meaning ground or earth

44. Rubbing of one particle against another in a resin bed

46. Filter type (abbr.)

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

48. Extremely dense body (2 wds.)

49. End of soldering iron

52. Chemical symbol for erbium

53. Perfect absorber of radiation (2 wds.)

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

59. Type of flip-flop

61. Maker of products

62. Ham-ese for Young Lady

65. National Bureau of Standards radio station (time signals)

67. Chemical symbol for platinum

69. Search for data (slang)

71. Volts divided by resistance

72. Output intercept point (abbr.)

73. Describes two surfaces connected by a device that allows rotation wrt each other

75. Test equipment (abbr.)

79. Chemical symbol for niobium

80. One port of an amplifier

82. Adjust the specification for temperature

83. Empty space left in rocket fuel tank to allow for fuel expansion

84. Intel x86 command for " jump if above"

86. 1.602E-19 Joules

87. Aerodynamic opposition to thrust

88. Opposite of a LO

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

91. Chemical symbol for argon

92. Chemical symbol for manganese

94. PC follower

95. Negation prefix

97. Unit of time (abbr.)

98. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)

99. Chemical symbol for iron

101. Advanced Research Projects Agency (abbr.)

103. It is the "P" in S2P

106. Stock symbol for Texas Instruments

107. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

109. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

110. Chemical symbol for aluminum

112. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

 

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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for May 5, 2013 - RF Cafe