For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new technology-themed crossword puzzle using only words related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc. At least 10 clues in this puzzle with an asterisk (*) are pulled from this past week's (11/20 - 11/24) "Tech Industry Headlines" column on the RF Cafe homepage. Enjoy! cruciverbalist: [noun] cruci- ("cross") + verbal ("words") + -ist ("agent, person") -- A person who constructs crosswords.
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is prohibited. acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words 
1. Webmaster of RF Cafe website (2 wds.) 11. Effective frontal area presented to a microwave interrogation system (abbr.) 12. Chemical symbol for gold 13. Chemical symbol for molybdenum 14. Crystal filter type (abbr.) 16. Unit of processor calculation speed, abbr. 18. Maintains a voltage for sampling 20. GaN Device Market to Grow at 4.6% ____ to $22.47B in 2023 * 22. 10E1 numerical prefix 24. Front edge of a wing (abbr.) 26. Line of Sight (abbr.) 28. 1E6 nanoseconds 29. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.) 30. Automatic Packet Position Reporting System (abbr.) 32. Opposite of USB 34. ARRL's magazine 36. BSEE + 2 years 38. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.) 39. One type of electron spin 40. Type of telescope mount (abbr., pl.) 43. Domino's Will Use __ to Make Sure Every Pizza They Serve Is Perfect * 45. Unit of weight 46. ISDN BRI channel 48. Stock symbol for Raytheon 49. ___-back transformer 51. Move in a raster pattern 53. One port of an amplifier 54. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.) 55. Software drafting tool (abbr.) 56. Unit of length (abbr.) 57. No insulation 59. Adjust a pot 61. Be behind in phase 62. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock 64. The "B" in BER 65. Amateur radio operator who is qualified to administer Amateur Radio licensing examinations (abbr.) 67. Aircraft tracking system 69. Type of current flow (abbr.) 70. Lamborghini Rolls out Electric Motorsports Concept ___ * 72. Used logic gates 74. Straight line emanating from a point source 76. Device under test (abbr.) 78. Solid state power amplifier (abbr.) 79. Opposite of I.D. 80. Chemical symbol for antimony 82. A ___ Window into Electron Behavior * 84. Chemical symbol for thulium 85. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.) 86. Amplifier vendor in Palm Bay, FL, now part of Spectrum Microwave 88. One port on a BJT (pl.) 89. Service-Independent Building Blocks 91. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.) 93. Part of a FOR loop 94. Chemical symbol for manganese 95. Greek letter 97. Inventor of the high voltage generator that powers the Jacob's Ladder (2 wds.) | 1. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.) 2. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.) 3. Medium for storing large amounts of digital data 4. Data transmission pathway 5. Device to assist in the performance of a chore 6. Last keyword in a BASIC subroutine (pl.) 7. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.) 8. Move from cell to cell 9. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.) 10. Chemical symbol for radium 11. Raytheon to Upgrade AESA X-Band Missile Defense _____ * 15. _____ in Tech: 25 Profiles in Persistence * 17. Precision landing system (abbr.) 19. Our ____ Affair with Digital Is Over * 21. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.) 23. Highest point 25. Chemical symbol for cesium 27. Chemical symbol for einsteinium 29. A common lamp tube gas 31. Emit electromagnetic energy 32. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.) 33. Renaissance of the Iron-Air _______ * 34. Amateur radio operators trade this with each other after making contact (2 wds.) 35. Chemical symbol for tantalum 37. Akin to dynamics, with no movement 39. Electrical safety organization (abbr.) 41. Chemical symbol for zinc 42. 30 kHz to 300 kHz 44. Network department (abbr.) 47. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.) 48. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.) 50. Yttrium Aluminum Garnet 52. Curly-Q type light bulb (abbr.) 57. Nickname given to a satellite 58. 1.602E-19 Joules 60. Chemical symbol for tantalum 61. Chemical symbol for lanthanum 62. Chemical symbol for scandium 63. International phonetic alphabet letter "P" 64. (77 Down) + Government Announces _____ to R&D Spending * 66. Chemical symbol for erbium 68. Thread cutting tools 69. PC follower 71. _____ Amateurs in Colombia, Germany Get New or Expanded Bands * 73. 2 x SSB 75. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.) 77. __ Government Announces + (64 Down) to R&D Spending * 78. Miniature RF connector 81. Eight bits 82. Forerunner to NASA 83. Fuse metals together using heat 84. Telecommunications Information Network Architecture (abbr.) 86. Ham's code for "Shall I increase power?" 87. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.) 89. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.) 90. Notch type filter (abbr.) 92. Type of logic gate 96. 3 MHz to 30 MHz |
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