Electronics Technology Crossword Puzzle
December 11, 2016

For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new crossword puzzle that has a theme related to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical words. You will never be asked the name of a movie star unless he/she was involved in a technical endeavor (e.g., Hedy Lamarr). Enjoy!


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

Electronics Technology Crossword Puzzle for December 11, 2016 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
2. The "IP" in IP2 and IP3 (2 wds.)

13. Related to FM by a differential

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

15. Chemical symbol for radium

16. Army-Navy specification prefix

17. Chemical symbol for rubidium

18. Chemical symbol for aluminum

20. Test point (abbr.)

22. They have units of degrees or radians

25. Chemical symbol for neon

26. Part of a FOR loop

27. Constellation : The lion

28. Read-only (abbr.)

30. Morse Code for "from"

31. Minutes of Use (abbr.)

32. Opposite of I.D.

33. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

34. Mr. Blattenberger of RF Cafe

35. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

37. Chemical symbol for niobium

38. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

39. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

40. Type of flip-flop

42. 3 GHz to 30 GHz

43. Abbreviation for peak voltage

45. Unit of power

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

47. Regarding light

48. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

49. Chemical symbol for polonium

50. Longitudinal shape-forming structural elements

51. Chemical symbol for lithium

52. Classification

53. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

54. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

56. Chemical symbol for selenium

57. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

58. World's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers (abbr.)

59. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

61. 30 GHz to 300 GHz

63. Solid state power amplifier (abbr.)

64. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

65. Write-Once (abbr.)

66. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

67. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

68. __ + 58 Down, the name of this website

69. On-the-air meeting of hams at a set time, day and radio frequency

70. Test equipment (abbr.)

71. Chemical symbol for arsenic

72. Circular mounting hardware

76. Equalizer (abbr.)

78. Chemical symbol for bismuth

79. Unit of time (abbr.)

80. Chemical symbol for beryllium

81. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

82. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

84. Chemical symbol for nobelium

86. Uncertainty in timing (2 wds.)

1. Instrument for measuring potential difference using a taut band indicator (2 wds.)

2. Internet protocol (abbr.)

3. Nordic Mobile Telephone

4. Chemical symbol for erbium

5. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)

6. Unit of energy

7. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

8. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)

9. Switch position

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

11. Chemical symbol for terbium

12. Systematic approach to locating the cause of a fault in an electronic circuit or system

19. Semiconductor lamp

21. Type of data storage IC (abbr.)

23. Engineer who experimented with extremely high voltages (2 wds.)

24. Make assumptions about the future behaviour of a system, based on current trends

25. On-the-air meeting of hams at a set time, day and radio frequency (pl.)

26. Unit of weight

29. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

30. 10E1 numerical prefix

33. Occlusion of one heavenly body by another

36. Divided into chunks

39. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1789

41. Retain a charge

44. Computer monitor resolution measure (abbr.)

46. Effective Radiated Power (abbr.)

55. Unit of admittance (pl.)

58. 68 Across + ____, the name of this website

60. Singulated piece of IC wafer

62. Start frequency (abbr.)

64. Chemical symbol for chromium

65. One of the Ws in WWW

71. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)

72. Term used in soldering to achieve the condition that occurs when the metals being soldered are hot enough to melt the solder so it flows over the surface

73. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)

74. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)

75. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

77. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by."

79. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

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

83. Unit of length (abbr.)

85. Type of logic gate


See solution below

 

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Electronics Technology Crossword Puzzle Solution for December 11, 2016 - RF Cafe