Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle
March 22, 2015

This week's crossword puzzle, as is the case with all RF Cafe crossword puzzles, has only words and clues related to science and engineering. Time for generating the puzzle is short today, so, so is the puzzle. Enjoy.

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

Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle for March 22, 2015 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Instruments for measuring I, V, R

9. 10 decibels

10. With 16 Down, this website's title

11. Read-only (abbr.)

12. Communication between stations by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere

14. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

15. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

17. Shorthand for oxygen

18. Galilean moon

20. Computer messaging service

24. Transition from solid to liquid phase

27. Fast Fourier transform (abbr.)

28. The most frequently occurring number in a series of numbers

30. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.)

32. Swiss mathematician who extensively studied complex numbers

33. Type of logic gate

34. Chemical symbol for chlorine

35. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)

40. International phonetic alphabet letter "I"

44. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)

45. Unit of weight

47. The "D" in CD

48. Unwanted 60- or 120- Hz modulation due to poor power supply filtering (2 wds.)

50. Chemical symbol for neon

52. Switch position

53. Chemical symbol for selenium

54. Satellite of Jupiter discovered by Galileo

55. Unit of current

57. Chemical symbol for tin

59. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

60. Type of logic gate

61. Adjustment to meet a specification

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

2. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

3. Technical drawing structure

4. Band between RF and BB

5. Chemical symbol for erbium

6. Device to assist in the performance of a chore

7. Chemical symbol for rhodium

8. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)

9. Another word for a directional radiating device (2 wds.)

13. Cosine of phase angle between current and voltage in an AC circuit (2 wds.)

16. With 6 Across, this website's title

19. FCC's Universal Licensing System (abbr.)

21. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

22. Network department (abbr.)

23. End of Life (abbr.)

25. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

26. Chemical symbol for tantalum

28. Greek letter (micro)

29. Morse Code for "from"

31. Uppermost surface

32. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

36. Chemical symbol for scandium

37. System On Chip

38. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

39. Small Office/Home Office (abbr.)

41. Chemical symbol for neodymium

42. Singulated piece of IC wafer

43. Network department (abbr.)

45. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

46. Greek letter used for frequency

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

49. Stock symbol for Microsoft

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

54. Charged particle

56. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

58. Chemical symbol for niobium

59. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

60. Chemical symbol for nobelium


See solution below

 

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Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for March 22, 2015 - RF Cafe