RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle
January 8, 2017

Avid cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate this new RF & Microwave 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

RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle for January 8, 2017 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Chemical symbol for thallium

3. Platforms for synthetic radar

9. Extremely high strength fiber used in explosion-proof enclosures & bullet-proof vests

13. Chemical symbol for helium

14. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)

15. Type of current flow (abbr.)

17. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

20. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

22. Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (abbr.)

24. Stock symbol for Texas Instruments

25. Switch position

27. 21 own + ____ is this website's name

30. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

31. Galilean moon

32. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector

33. Product of force x distance from a point (pl.)

34. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)

36. Chemical symbol for thulium

37. Band between RF and BB

38. Last statement in a BASIC program

40. Type of file operation error

45. Einstein's paradoxical traveler

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

49. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

50. Electric enclosure standard organization (abbr.)

51. Circuit or mechanical designer with a Bachelor's or higher degree

52. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity

54. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

56. Chemical symbol for argon

57. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

58. Synthetic

63. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

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

65. Chemical symbol for silicon

67. Charged particles

69. Chemical symbol for holmium

70. Cellphone band directly above DCS

71. Image file format name extension

73. "Calling any amateur radio station"

75. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

76. Chemical symbol for erbium

78. Part of a male connector

79. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

80. Filter type commonly used in phase-locked-loops

81. Its chemical symbol is V

82. Network department (abbr.)

1. Quantity of heat equal to 100,000 BTU

2. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

4. Big Blue

5. Have a chemically induced effect

6. Chemical symbol for chromium

7. A common battery cell size

8. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency

10. Voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (abbr.)

11. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)

12. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

16. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

18. Electrical device for registering shaft positions

19. Type of memory

21. __ + 27 Across is this website's name

23. _______ + RF Systems, RF amplifier maker in Inglewood, CA

24. Sequence of events in digital circuitry

26. Chemical symbol for neon

28. Chemical symbol for arsenic

29. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

32. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)

35. Modulation type (abbr.)

36. Electromagnetic surveillance thwarting technology

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

40. Device attached to an antenna mast which rotates it so that the antenna can point in different directions

41. A keyboard key

42. Morse Code for "from"

43. Foot/12 (pl.)

44. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

46. One port of an amplifier

47. Army-Navy specification prefix

53. Personal Digital Cellular

55. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

56. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)

58. Chemical symbol for manganese

59. Computer character set (abbr.)

60. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

61. Online service

62. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)

64. ECM response

66. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

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

70. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

72. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

74. Ham's code for "The net has traffic for you. Stand by."

75. 10E1 numerical prefix

77. Chemical symbol for radon

78. Chemical symbol for palladium

79. Chemical symbol for lithium


See solution below

 

2017 Crosswords Archive

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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle Solution for January 8, 2017 - RF Cafe