Wireless Crossword Puzzle
February 16, 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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1. Web's most popular RF site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.) 4. Measure of how quickly an electron can move through a metal or semiconductor 8. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.) 10. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.) 11. Balanced-to-unbalanced device 13. Electronics components & batteries supplier based in Japan 15. Gigantic star in Cetus 17. SIgnal to Noise And Distortion (abbr.) 18. Chemical symbol for beryllium 19. A three-terminal power semiconductor device noted for high efficiency and fast switching (abbr.) 21. Chemical symbol for cobalt 22. Stock symbol for Boeing 23. Unit of inductance 25. Electron beam particle (pl.) 27. Chemical symbol for holmium 28. Electromotive force (abbr.) 29. The "R" in DRC in substrate layout 32. 1E6 nanoseconds 33. Chemical symbol for tantalum 34. Chemical symbol for radium 35. An abbreviation for "transmitter" 37. Commercial Off-the-Shelf 38. European equivalent to the U.L. 40. Shorthand for oxygen 41. Chemical symbol for chlorine 42. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter 43. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount 44. Boob tube (abbr.) 45. One port on a FET 47. Quickly changing portions of waveforms 49. Chemical symbol for terbium 50. Chemical symbol for rubidium 51. Parameter that is a figure of merit for receiver performance in presence of multiple signals (abbr.) 53. Opposite of a LO 54. PCB interconnect 56. International Amateur Radio Union (abbr.) 59. Crystal filter type (abbr.) 61. Light rays 62. Digital voltmeter (abbr.) 64. Peak envelope power (abbr.) 66. Suppresses an oscillation 67. The "D" in DC

1. Move from cell to cell 2. Brightest star in the Aquila constellation 3. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors 4. A type of average 5. Five-bit digital code used in teleprinter application 6. Local Oscillator (abbr.) 7. Time division duplex (abbr.) 9. 1E6 bits per second 10. Chemical symbol for argon 12. Ties a bundle of wires together 13. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.) 14. Unit of electromotive force (pl.) 16. Things in a bill of material 17. Chemical symbol for antimony 18. Early predecessor to an online forum (abbr.) 20. Opamp circuit for converting an inductance into a capacitance, and vice versa 23. Pliers-like surgical tool used in the electronics lab (pl.) 24. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.) 25. Radio navigation reference signal 26. Cable covered by strong jacket 30. Chemical symbol for lawrencium 31. Chemical symbol for bromine 33. Part of a FOR loop 36. Mate to an RX 37. Centimeter (abbr.) 39. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.) 41. Opposite of set 42. Constellation : The scales 43. Chemical symbol for silver 45. Antenna gain unit (abbr.) 46. ______ House, technical book publisher 48. Low impedance amplifier stage that boosts power 49. Code for a type of electrical wire insulation (abbr.) 51. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (abbr.) 52. Chemical symbol for iron 55. Volts divided by resistance 57. Modulation type (abbr.) 58. Universal Asynchronous Transmit/Receive (abbr.) 60. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.) 63. Army-Navy specification prefix 65. Chemical symbol for palladium

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