Radio & Radar Crossword Puzzle
July 13, 2014

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Radio & Radar Crossword Puzzle for July 13, 2014 - RF Cafe

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4. Greek letter

7. Non-return to zero (abbr.)

9. Computer "brain" (abbr.)

10. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

13. International phonetic alphabet letter "P"

15. Unit of time (abbr.)

16. With 17 Across, this website's title

17. With 16 Across, this website's title

20. One port on a FET

24. The "D" in CD (pl.)

27. Frequency Division Duplex

28. RF computer network

30. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)

32. High-speed logic family

34. Type of current

35. 1.602E-19 Joules

37. Set the flip-flop output to "0"

39. Chemical symbol for aluminum

40. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

41. Chemical symbol for chromium

42. Part of this puzzle's theme

45. Part of this puzzle's theme

48. Ultraviolet (abbr.)

50. Coder/decoder (abbr.)

51. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

52. Automatic repeat request used in AMTOR (abbr.)

54. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

55. Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (abbr.)

56. Chemical symbol for thulium

57. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

59. Chemical symbol for thallium

60. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

62. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

63. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

64. Kilovolts (abbr.)

66. Popular drafting software

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

73. Mate to a TX

75. Chemical symbol for silver

76. Country of RF Cafe's residency

78. Stock symbol for Texas Instruments

79. Device used to make contact with a point to be measured

81. Half of DSB

82. Keyboard key

83. Equalizer (abbr.)

85. Miniature threaded RF connector

87. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

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

91. The property of matter by which it continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force

94. Form for winding inductors

96. Personal computer vendor

99. Adjusted

103. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

104. Greek letter

105. Modulation type (abbr.)

106. Network department (abbr.)

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

108. FCC's Universal Licensing System (abbr.)

109. Color set

112. Audible emanations

115. The "G" in GPS

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

120. Color quality

121. Curly-Q type light bulb (abbr.)

123. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (abbr.)

124. Chemical symbol for rubidium

126. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

127. High Data Rate

129. Proportion of two numbers

131. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity

133. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

134. Type of component package (abbr.)

135. Chemical symbol for polonium

137. Superior magnetic shielding material

138. Leave a film on a surface

140. Morse Code for "from"

141. Ratio of circumference to diameter

143. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

144. European equivalent to the U.L.

145. 1/6 inch printer's measure

146. Unit of energy

148. A common battery cell size

149. Exalted-Carrier Single Sideband (abbr.)

150. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

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

154. Automatic Send-Receive (abbr.)

157. Effect (named after its discoverer) that is the variation in the width of the base in a BJT due to a variation in the applied base-to-collector

158. Chemical symbol for nobelium

159. Fifth series in the spectrum of hydrogen

163. Current summing point (pl.)

165. Network department (abbr.)

166. Chemical symbol for neodymium

167. Chemical symbol for neon

168. Filter type that rejects high frequencies

172. Chemical symbol for dysprosium

173. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

174. Computer "brain" (abbr.)

176. Islands On The Air (Ham term)

177. Its chemical symbol is Fe

178. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

181. C# statement that ensures Dispose is called even if an exception occurs

183. Reduction-oxidation (abbr.)

184. Stock symbol for Microsoft

186. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

187. Boob tube (abbr.)

188. Type of cryptographic algorithm that takes a string and converts it to a numeric code

189. Big Blue

191. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

193. Send Morse Code

194. Type of memory

1. An angle described by hypotenuse/opposite sides of a right triangle

2. Type of numerical transform used in electronics

3. CPS

5. Filter type that blocks lower frequencies (abbr.)

6. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

7. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

8. Chemical symbol for radium

11. Type of current flow (abbr.)

12. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

13. Attenuator

14. Part of CAD

18. The "F" in EMF

19. A keyboard key

21. Part of this website's title

22. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

23. IC killer (abbr.)

25. Chemical symbol for chlorine

26. Optical storage medium

29. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

31. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

33. Pointing device

36. Circuit element connecting PCB layers

38. Powers pneumatic devices

39. A common battery cell size

41. Closed Circuit Television

42. Positive voltage lead color

43. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)

44. Type of logic gate

45. Chemical symbol for radon

46. Advanced Communication Technologies and Services (abbr.)

47. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)

49. Measure of source/load match

52. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz ______

53. International phonetic alphabet letter "Q"

58. Mate to a bolt

59. Transformer interwinding connection

61. Mr. de Forest's first name

62. Miniature RF connector

64. Mass unit (abbr.)

65. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

67. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator

68. Switch position

70. Type of flip-flop

71. Workplace safety group (abbr.)

72. Equipment

74. Chemical symbol for xenon

77. Ham radio operator

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

82. Recovers the modulation from the RF signal

84. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

86. 18 GHz to 26.5 GHz

88. Amateur Teleprinter Over Radio (abbr.)

90. Unit of length (abbr.)

91. Input intercept point (abbr.)

92. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

93. High-speed logic family

94. Data transmission pathway

95. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

97. Lubricant

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

100. Maximum Usable Frequency

101. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

102. Satellite TV system

110. Chemical symbol for europium

111. A classification of film type

113. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (abbr.)

114. Device for measuring weight (pl.)

115. Sailplane

116. Type of data conversion device (abbr., pl.)

118. Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

119. Opposite of I.D.

122. Unit of length (abbr.)

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

127. Color quality

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

129. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.)

130. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

131. Part of a FOR loop

132. Type of chart

134. Chemical symbol for selenium

136. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance

137. Reliability measure (abbr.)

139. Technical drawing structure

140. Sets of 24-hour periods

142. Small representative graphics

143. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)

147. One state of matter

148. Consequence of under sampling

150. Exponent that returns the original number

151. Chemical symbol for cadmium

153. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor

155. Chemical symbol for tin

156. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

160. Balun with both ports unbalanced (pl.)

161. End of transmission (abbr.)

162. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)

164. Force required to impart an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second to a mass of one gram (pl.)

168. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)

169. Circular mounting hardware (pl.)

170. Duration of transmission

171. System On Chip

174. Chemical symbol for cesium

175. Spurious RF products created by metal joints (abbr.)

179. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

180. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

182. Ground fault interrupter (abbr.)

183. Straight line emanating from a point source

185. Chemical symbol for terbium

188. Chemical symbol for helium

190. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

192. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

193. Unit of length (abbr.)


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Radio & Radar Crossword Puzzle Solution for July 13, 2014 - RF Cafe