RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

January 6, 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 6, 2019

ACROSS DOWN
1. Trade journal akin to RF Design (2 wds.)

11. Chemical symbol for selenium

12. Service of the ARRL that helps hams solve technical problems (abbr.)

13. BASIC looping keyword

15. Type of logic gate

17. Non-return to zero (abbr.)

19. Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone

21. Part of a FOR loop

22. 1E6 bits per second

24. Chemical symbol for neptunium

26. Electron beam particle

27. 10 decibels

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

30. Unit of admittance

32. Chemical symbol for thallium

33. Chemical symbol for francium

35. Chemical symbol for cadmium

36. One type of electron spin

38. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

40. International phonetic alphabet letter "Z"

42. Light ray

44. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

45. The system than converts common website names to IP addresses (abbr.)

47. Chemical symbol for strontium

48. Pure carrier (abbr.)

49. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

50. Band between RF and BB

51. Unit of time (abbr.)

52. Chemical symbol for silicon

53. Chemical symbol for lutetium

54. Abbreviation for peak voltage

55. Opposite of a LO

56. Chemical symbol for nobelium

57. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

58. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

60. Television Interference (abbr.)

62. Computer interconnection scheme (abbr.)

63. Type of current

65. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr., pl.)

67. Facility where semiconductors are manufactured

69. Chemical symbol for magnesium

70. Test point (abbr.)

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

73. Chemical symbol for lithium

74. Nordic Mobile Telephone

76. Adjust a pot

78. Input intercept point (abbr.)

79. Trigonometric function equal to the ratio between the side opposite a given angle, and the hypotenuse

81. Unit of length (abbr.)

83. Adjacent Channel Power Ratio (abbr.)

85. Switch position

86. ____RF, passive RF component manufacturer in Huntersville, NC

87. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

88. Galilean moon

89. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)

90. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

92. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

94. Ratio of output current to input voltage, with units of Siemens

2. Network department (abbr.)

3. Middle

4. PC follower

5. Describes a fluid having a thick consistency

6. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

7. __ ____ - Web's most popular radio frequency engineering site (1 abbr. + 1 wd.)

8. Logical negation operator

9. Chemical symbol for argon

10. The "C" in DCS or PCS

14. Tool used to attach electronic components to a PCB (2 wds.)

16. Chemical symbol for rubidium

18. Chemical symbol for zinc

19. Keyboard key

20. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

21. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

23. Infrared (abbr.)

25. Related to FM by a differential

26. Unit of heat

29. Boolean expression (pl.)

31. CPS

34. Increase voltage linearly

37. Rate of a radar transmitter's output waveform (abbr.)

39. Army-Navy specification prefix

41. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

42. Bandwidth (abbr.)

43. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

46. Half of DSB

48. Describes the action of cleaving a crystal plane

51. Current summing point

54. Circuit element connecting PCB layers (pl.)

55. Amateur radio enthusiast

56. Chemical symbol for neon

57. Chemical symbol for dysprosium

58. Chemical symbol for palladium

59. Operated radio network traffic flow

61. 300 Hz to 3 kHz in audio (abbr.)

64. The "D" in CAD

65. Type of chart

66. Type of component package (abbr.)

68. Radio navigation reference signal

71. Part of a male connector

73. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

75. Chemical symbol for thulium

77. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

80. Opposite of O.D.

82. Chemical symbol for manganese

84. Ratio of circumference to diameter

86. Voice of America

89. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

90. One port of an amplifier

91. Chemical symbol for europium

93. Chemical symbol for scandium


See solution below

 

2019 Crossword Puzzle Archive

Visit the Crossword Express website - RF CafeTake a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

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 6, 2019