RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
November 9, 2014

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for 11/9/2014 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Virtual Private Network

4. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.)

8. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)

12. Amplifier linearity specification (abbr.)

15. Notch type filter (abbr.)

17. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)

18. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

19. Peak envelope power (abbr.)

21. PC follower

23. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

25. Keyboard key

27. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector

28. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)

29. Chemical symbol for polonium

30. Negation prefix

32. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency reference oscillators (abbr.)

34. Chemical symbol for gold

35. Network department (abbr.)

36. IC killer (abbr.)

37. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

38. Sharp bend in I-V curve

39. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

41. Nordic Mobile Telephone

42. Printed Wiring Board (abbr.)

43. A type of average

45. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

46. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

48. Short for "intermodulation"

49. Plane curve traced out by a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed line is equal to its distance from a fixed point

50. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)

52. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

53. Counter ElectroMotive Force (abbr.)

56. It can follow an MS

58. A common battery cell size

59. Antenna gain unit (abbr.)

62. Vacuum tube element

65. Country of RF Cafe's residency

66. Be behind in phase

67. With 51 Down, the world's best engineering website

68. Chemical symbol for radium

70. Type of logic gate

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

73. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

74. End of Life (abbr.)

75. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

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

78. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

80. European equivalent to the U.L.

81. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)

82. Peak Inverse Voltage

83. High-speed logic family

85. Minutes of Use (abbr.)

87. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (abbr.)

88. International QSL forwarding bureau

89. A popular spreadsheet

90. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)

2. Chemical symbol for lead

3. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

5. 1E6 nanoseconds

6. Electronic component package type (abbr.)

7. Length times width

9. Prefix for font without serifs

10. Miniature RF connector

11. Opposite of I.D.

12. Base of the decimal number system

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

14. Parallel resonant circuit containing only a coil and a capacitor (2 wds.)

16. ___-back transformer

19. Attenuator

20. He shared credit with Shockley and Brittain for the invention of the transistor (2 wds.)

22. Unit of weight

24. Logic family (abbr.)

26. A crescent shaped figure formed on a sphere or plane by two intersecting arcs

27. Eight bits

28. Lower sideband (abbr.)

29. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

31. Chemical symbol for neon

33. Switch position

36. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

37. Chemical symbol for selenium

40. Part of CAD

42. Attenuator configuration (hyph.)

44. Type of computer display (abbr.)

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

51. With 67 Across, the world's best engineering website

52. ___ Friedrich Gauss, after whom the unit of magnetic field strength is named

54. A keyboard key

55. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

56. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

57. Chemical symbol for mercury

60. Armored cable type

61. Charged particle

63. Chemical symbol for radon

64. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

66. Line of Sight (abbr.)

67. An abbreviation for "receiver"

69. Highest point

71. Angular speed unit

74. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

75. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

77. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency

79. Type of logic gate

81. Network department (abbr.)

82. Chemical symbol for plutonium

84. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

86. Unit of time (abbr.)


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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for 11/9/2014 - RF Cafe