RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

January 13, 2019

Each week, for the sake of all avid cruciverbalists amongst us, I create a new technology-themed crossword puzzle using only words from my custom-created lexicon 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 Lamarr 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

RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle January 13, 2019

ACROSS DOWN
1. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)

3. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector

5. Bands between RF and baseband

7. Formal messages exchanged via radio

10. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star (pl.)

14. Cellular Digital Packet Data

16. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

18. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator

19. Peak envelope power (abbr.)

21. Type of chart used to plot immittance

24. Chemical symbol for rubidium

26. Chemical symbol for neon

27. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)

29. Small Office/Home Office (abbr.)

30. Infrared (abbr.)

31. Part of this website's title

34. Optical cross-connect (abbr.)

36. Type of flip-flop

37. Containing a motor

41. Wire

44. An efficient microstrip corner shape

45. Unit of capacitance

47. Chemical symbol for lithium

48. End of Life (abbr.)

50. Chemical symbol for erbium

51. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"

52. Boolean expression (pl.)

55. Mate to a bolt

57. Type of matrix barcode used with laser scanning(abbr.)

59. Chemical symbol for scandium

60. Light rays

62. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)

64. Propagation by means of ionospheric reflection

65. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

67. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)

70. Fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body

71. Type of aircraft dope

73. Ham's code for "Your net frequency is Low."

74. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

75. Boob tube (abbr.)

1. Ham's code for "Are you busy?"

2. Chemical symbol for tantalum

3. Digital pattern coding type

4. Coder/decoder (abbr.)

5. Things in a bill of material

6. Start frequency (abbr.)

8. International phonetic alphabet letter "F"

9. Small representative graphic

11. Chemical symbol for bismuth

12. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)

13. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)

15. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

17. Adjust

20. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)

22. Galilean moon

23. Responses to original posting on a forum

25. Its chemical symbol is Br

28. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator

32. Release control over

33. Base of the decimal number system

35. RF ____, the world's best engineering website

38. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

39. Its chemical symbol is Fe

40. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

42. Region between semiconductor doping potentials

43. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

46. Award offered by ARRL for contacting and confirming 100 or more different countries (abbr.)

47. Software object reference name

49. Cable termination type

53. 10E1 numerical prefix

54. The "S" in SOIC

56. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)

58. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

61. Miniature RF connector

63. Unit of length (abbr.)

66. Morse Code for "from"

68. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

69. Amateur radio operating mode for sharing realtime video (abbr.)

70. Army-Navy specification prefix

72. PC follower


See solution below

 

2019 Crossword Puzzle Archive

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All of these crossword puzzles were created using the fabulous Crossword Express (now called "Magnum Opus") software.

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Cruciverbalist:

A cruciverbalist is a person who is skilled at creating or solving crossword puzzles. The term is a combination of "cruci-" from "crucifix," meaning cross, and "verbalist" from "verbal," indicating a person who deals with words. cruciverbalists are often responsible for designing crossword puzzles, and they possess a deep knowledge of wordplay, vocabulary, and the techniques used in constructing and solving crosswords. They aim to make puzzles that are both challenging and enjoyable for crossword enthusiasts.

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RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Solution January 13, 2019