RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
May 4, 2014

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for May 4, 2014 - RF Cafe

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2. High temperature substrate

6. Multivibrator type

11. Notch type filter (abbr.)

13. Antenna gain unit (abbr.)

14. Chemical symbol for aluminum

15. Halves of bytes

19. Chemical symbol for antimony

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

23. File name extension for an ASCII file

24. Aircraft navigation system (abbr.)

26. Bands between RF and baseband

28. Its chemical symbol is Sc

30. Gallium nitride chemical symbol

33. Type of capacitors

35. Electronic component package type (abbr.)

36. _____ Microwave East (part of L3-Com), RF component manufacturer located in Hauppauge, NY

38. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)

39. The "D" in RFID (pl.)

40. National Television System Committee (abbr.)

41. Ham's code for "The net has traffic for you. Stand by."

42. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.)

44. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity

46. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

48. Last statement in a BASIC program

49. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.)

50. Enhanced Datarates for Global Evolution

52. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

54. Chemical symbol for thallium

55. Adjacent Channel Power Ratio (abbr.)

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

58. Ham's code for "Answer in prearranged order."

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

60. Decimeter (abbr.)

62. Centimeter (abbr.)

63. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (abbr.)

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

66. A fine RF & microwaves magazine (abbr.)

68. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

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

70. Modulation technique (abbr.)

71. Time Division Multiplexing

72. Type of current

74. An ellipse has two of them

75. Parts per million (abbr.)

78. Bipolar Field-Effect Transistor

81. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

83. Emitted electromagnetic energy

87. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

88. Plane geometrical figure that has exactly five straight sides

91. Type of logic gate (pl.)

92. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

94. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

95. Type of computer display (abbr.)

96. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

98. The second-lowest region of the ionosphere found approximately 60 to 70 miles above Earth (1 ltr. + 1 wd, hyph.)

100. Chemical symbol for niobium

101. Exponent that returns the original number

103. Color quality

104. Hung the program

105. Test equipment vendor

1. (Repeater Term) A code to activate a repeater function e.g. auto patch, link etc. (2 wds)

3. 1 GHz to 2 GHz

4. Internet address (abbr.)

5. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

7. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

8. Early predecessor to an online forum (abbr.)

9. Constellation : The scales

10. Machine for sorting out the constituents of a substance

12. Chemical symbol for rubidium

15. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

16. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

17. 1.602E-19 Joules

18. System On Chip

21. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

22. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

23. Chemical symbol for gold

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

26. Input intercept point (abbr.)

27. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency

29. An electrical specification for a motor when it is first started (2 wds.)

30. Chemical symbol for gallium

31. Creating a corona

32. Chemical symbol for neodymium

34. Electrical process that converts alternating current into direct current

36. Chemical symbol for neodymium

37. Army-Navy specification prefix

41. Requests for information from a database

42. Chemical symbol for xenon

43. Time delay (abbr.)

45. Stands for "Practical Systems Engineering," a TE company in Fisher, IL

47. Fuses metals together using heat

49. Voltage limiter

51. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

53. Unit of typing speed (abbr.)

54. RF connector type

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

59. Negatively charged antiparticle of a proton

61. Web's most popular RF site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

64. Describes particles such as quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons

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

67. 1/6 inch printer's measure

73. Chemical symbol for ytterbium

74. Unit of length (abbr.)

76. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

77. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)

79. Satellite of Jupiter discovered by Galileo

80. 1/6 inch printer's measure

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

82. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)

84. Strong cable covering

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

86. Singulated piece of IC wafer

88. The cell band above DCN

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

90. The Brits call them valves

93. Chemical symbol for argon

94. Galilean moon

97. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

99. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

100. Mate to a bolt

102. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

103. Opposite of a LO


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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for May 4, 2014 - RF Cafe