RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle
October 25, 2015


This week's crossword puzzle, as with all RF Cafe puzzles, uses only words pertaining to engineering, science, mathematics, mechanics, chemistry, astronomy, etc. You will never find a reference to some obscure geological feature or city, or be asked to recall the name of some numbnut movie star or fashion designer. Enjoy!

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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle for October25, 2015 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. The "F" in EMF

5. Automatic Calibration System (acr.)

8. SIgnal to Noise And Distortion (abbr.)

12. Vacuum Tube Voltmeter (abbr.)

13. Trigger diode that conducts current only after its breakdown voltage has been exceeded momentarily (pl.)

14. The gaseous state of water

15. Centimeter (abbr.)

17. __ + 6 Down, the world's best engineering website

19. Chemical symbol for selenium

20. 1e3 uV

22. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

24. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)

26. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

28. A common battery cell size

29. Regarding light

31. Emitted a flash during electrical discharge

32. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)

33. Chemical symbol for thallium

35. Base of the decimal number system

37. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

39. Unit of time (abbr.)

40. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

42. Opposite of I.D.

44. Association of North American Radio Clubs

45. Entity created by virtue of a changing electric current (2 wds.)

47. Threaded fastener

48. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

49. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

50. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

51. Chemical symbol for francium

53. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

55. Chemical symbol for dysprosium

57. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)

58. A complete set of data bits in a stream

60. A type of average (pl.)

61. Circuit element connecting PCB layers

62. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

64. Stock symbol for Harris Communications

66. Army-Navy specification prefix (acr.)

68. Switch position

69. One port of an amplifier

71. Network department (abbr.)

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

74. Constellation : The scales

76. Enrico _____, nuclear physicist

78. Frequency

80. Fastener hardware vendor in Woodside, NY

81. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)

82. Sudden, short-lived increase in voltage or current

1. French mathematician who is recognized as the founder of number theory

2. 1.602E-19 Joules

3. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.)

4. Digital voltmeter (abbr.)

5. Powers pneumatic devices

6. 17 Across + ____, the world's best engineering website

7. Chemical symbol for scandium

8. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

9. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

10. 1e-6 mA

11. A non-commercial radio service as set by a recognized cognizant government agency (2 wds.)

16. Large array of disparate antennas (2 wds.)

18. Circuit or mechanical professional usually with an Associate's or higher degree and/or military experience (pl.)

21. Outermost electron orbital for a given atom (2 wds.)

23. Heat sink feature

24. Notch type filter (abbr.)

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

27. Complex Instruction Set Computer

30. Chemical symbol for platinum

34. International phonetic alphabet letter "R"

36. Small DIP package (abbr., pl.)

38. International phonetic alphabet letter "I"

41. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

43. Type of current

44. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

46. Chemical symbol for thulium

47. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock

52. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

53. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

54. Chemical symbol for radon

56. International phonetic alphabet letter "Y"

59. Chemical symbol for rhodium

63. Service-Independent Building Blocks

65. Mr. Blattenberger of RF Cafe

67. Software function selection mechanism

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

72. Miniature RF connector

73. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

75. Galilean moon

77. Chemical symbol for europium

79. Chemical symbol for erbium


See solution below

 

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RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for October25, 2015 - RF Cafe