RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
May 4, 2014

Note: A standard for crossword puzzles is when all words in a clue are capitalized, the solution is the abbreviation or acronym for that clue; e.g., Alternating Current = AC.
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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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