Wireless Crossword Puzzle
April 20, 2014

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Wireless Crossword Puzzle for April 20, 2014 - RF Cafe DOWN

1. The "A" in ASIC

2. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

3. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)

4. Unit of time (abbr.)

5. Chemical symbol for argon

6. Electronic Variable Optical Attenuator (abbr.)

9. Transmit a signal

11. Ratio of circumference to diameter

15. Chemical symbol for polonium

16. Singulated piece of IC wafer

17. Chemical symbol for copper

19. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.

20. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

22. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

24. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)

26. Network department (abbr.)

27. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

28. Act of recovering the modulation from the RF signal

29. Graphics file types

32. Chemical symbol for cadmium

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

36. Expose to ionizing

 electromagnetic energy

38. Type of current flow (abbr.)

40. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.)

43. Chemical symbol for francium

45. Switch position

46. Angular speed unit

48. Result of unwanted frequency content in data (pl.)

49. Represented by the entirety of the bathtub curve (2 wds.)

50. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

51. 2/3 of a triac

53. Chemical symbol for antimony

55. Chemical symbol for neon

57. Computer monitor resoultion measure (abbr.)

62. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

63. Internet protocol (abbr.)

64. Very large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for rubidium

67. Chemical symbol for aluminum

68. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

72. Type of modulation (abbr.)

73. A complete set of data bits in a stream

74. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

75. International phonetic alphabet letter "E"

78. Chemical symbol for tin

82. Chemical symbol for neptunium

83. Chemical symbol for holmium

85. Switch position

ACROSS

1. Decreases in magnitude

7. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

8. Chemical symbol for strontium

10. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

12. Chemical symbol for helium

13. Unit of time

14. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)

16. Type of current

18. Its chemical symbol is Os

20. Chemical symbol for gallium

21. Chemical symbol for copper

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

24. Positive voltage lead color

25. Consequence of under sampling

28. Logarithmic reflectivity unit

30. Chemical symbol for thallium

31. Finite-Element Model

32. Chemical symbol for calcium

33. Galilean moon

35. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

37. Attenuator topology (pl.)

39. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

41. A keyboard key

42. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)

44. Type of beam used in Star Trek

47. Indium phosphide

50. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

52. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)

54. International phonetic alphabet letter "I"

56. Chemical symbol for neptunium

58. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

59. Chemical symbol for iron

60. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

61. Chemical symbol for platinum

63. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

64. 1/1000000 prefix

66. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor

68. 1e3 uV

69. Chemical symbol for bromine

70. Ham-ese for Young Lady

71. This website's name (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

76. Unit of length (abbr.)

77. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

79. Tie a bundle of wires together

80. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

81. Chemical symbol for nobelium

82. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

84. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

86. Resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, etc.


 

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Wireless Crossword Puzzle Solution for April 20, 2014 - RF Cafe