At least 10 clues with an asterisk (*) in this technology-themed crossword puzzle are pulled from this past week's (5/28 - 6/1) "Tech Industry Headlines" column on the RF Cafe homepage. For the sake of all the avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new technology-themed crossword puzzle using only words from my custom-created related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc. You will never find among the words names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort. You might, however, see someone or something in the exclusion list who or that is directly related to this puzzle's theme, such as Hedy Lamar or the Bikini Atoll, respectively. Enjoy! cruciverbalist: [noun] cruci- ("cross") + verbal ("words") + -ist ("agent, person") -- A person who constructs crosswords.
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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words  1. Powers pneumatic devices
2. System On Chip
3. Chemical symbol for tin
4. China ___ Grow 21% *
5. Opposite of O.D.
6. One port of an amplifier
7. Nordic Mobile Telephone
8. Circuit board metallization shape
10. Phase of matter between liquid and solid
12. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr.)
13. The U.S. Is Running out of _____ *
15. 10 decibels
17. Antenna gain unit (abbr.)
19. Describes communications which has been paired between transmitter and receiver
23. Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone
24. 12 inches
26. Cause the temperature to drop
27. Part of a male connector (pl.)
29. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)
30. Chemical symbol for silicon
32. Moon of Saturn with retrograde orbit
33. International phonetic alphabet letter "S"
34. Indian Telcos Hit 1.2B Mobile Subscribers but Struggle to ____ In *
36. Alan ____, Moonwalker Turned Artist, Dies at 86 *
37. Opposite of O.D.
38. Chemical symbol for thallium
39. Chemical symbol for radon
40. 10E1 numerical prefix
44. Crystal surface
45. International phonetic alphabet letter "E"
46. Voyager's Golden ______ May Paint Humans in a Confusing Way *
47. Electric enclosure standard organization (abbr.)
48. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr., pl.)
50. Chemical symbol for cobalt
51. Chemical symbol for thulium
52. Helium, iron, silicon, or uranium, for example
54. Hung the program
56. U.S. Websites Go Dark in Europe as GDPR Data _____ Kick In *
57. File menu option (pl.)
59. Heatsink feature
61. Type of digital filter (abbr.)
66. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.)
67. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
69. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)
70. Ham's code for "Shall I increase power?"
71. Negation prefix
73. Chemical symbol for tin
74. Ratio of circumference to diameter | 1. Wireless Industry __________ CEO Highlights Network Convergence *
8. What is the alternative name for a pi meson
9. Do a total memory transfer
11. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor
12. Exalted-Carrier Single Sideband (abbr.)
14. Logic family (abbr.)
15. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
16. Opposite of I.D.
18. Cell Tower Industry Puts out Call for _____ ________ (2 wds.) *
20. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
21. Chemical symbol for bismuth
22. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)
25. Software function selection mechanisms
26. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.)
28. A common lamp tube gas
30. Small DIP package (abbr.)
31. When an amplifier is driven into its nonlinear operating region
34. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)
35. Opposite of USB
37. Telcos Must Raise Game or Lose out on $1.1T ___ Prize (abbr.) *
39. Positive voltage lead color
41. Keyboard key
42. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
43. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)
47. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)
49. Changed velocity
52. Reflected sound
53. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)
55. Constellation : The lion
56. Factor of a polynomial
58. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)
59. Upper frequency (abbr.)
60. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
62. DOD Tightens Rules on Personal ______ _______ (2 wds.)
63. Chemical symbol for neon
64. Chemical symbol for erbium
65. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)
68. Longitudinal shape-forming structural elements
70. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by."
72. Total Access Communication System (abbr.)
74. Another name for a test lead
75. Data ___________ in Middle East and Africa to Double in 5 Years * |
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