RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

February 10, 2019

Beginning in 2000, I have created hundreds of custom technology-themed crossword puzzles for the brain-exercising benefit and pleasure of RF Cafe visitors who are fellow cruciverbalists. The jury is out on whether or not this type of mental challenge helps keep your gray matter from atrophying in old age, but it certainly helps maintain your vocabulary and cognitive skills at all ages. A database of thousands of words has been built up over the years and contains only clues and terms associated with engineering, science, physical, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, etc. You will never find a word taxing your knowledge of a numbnut soap opera star or the name of some obscure village in the Andes mountains. You might, however, encounter the name of a movie star like Hedy Lamarr or a geographical location like Tunguska, Russia, for reasons which, if you don't already know, might surprise you.

cruciverbalist: [noun]  cruci- ("cross") +‎ verbal ("words") +‎ -ist ("agent, person") -- A person who constructs or works crosswords.


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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle February 10, 2019

ACROSS DOWN
1. One port on a BJT

6. Between-series connector

11. Chemical symbol for antimony

12. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

13. Heatsink feature

15. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

16. Band between RF and BB

17. Galilean moon

19. Displayed a radar target

22. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

23. Sends a file over a network (abbr.)

25. Antenna type derived from simple weighted wires dropped from Zeppelin airships

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

27. Term for asymmetry of a statistical distribution (pl.)

28. Chemical symbol for radon

29. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

30. Chemical symbol for tantalum

31. Network department (abbr.)

33. Hit a component with an electrostatic discharge

35. Chemical symbol for cesium

36. International Telecommunications Union

37. Internet protocol (abbr.)

39. Describes an amplifier capable of tolerating any complex source/load impedance

40. In equilibrium

41. Part of a FOR loop

42. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)

43. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

44. A common battery cell size

46. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

48. Chemical symbol for manganese

49. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)

50. Chemical symbol for radium

52. The "R" in DRC in substrate layout

53. Modulation type (abbr.)

54. Integrated Services Digital Network (abbr.)

56. Slang for transmitter and/or receiver (pl.)

58. Chemical symbol for californium

59. Rocket first stage

63. Chemical symbol for copper

64. Network department (abbr.)

65. 1E6 nanoseconds

66. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)

67. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

69. 1e-6 mA

71. Adjusts the specification for temperature

72. Having a positive phase wrt a reference

1. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

2. 1E6 bits per second

3. Test point (abbr.)

4. Transformer interwinding connection

5. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

6. Antenna (abbr.)

7. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

8. Chemical symbol for palladium

9. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)

10. Part of this website's title

14. S21 (2 wds.)

18. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance

20. Most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from distance

21. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)

22. Physicist after whom a law describing the direction of EMF and current resulting from induction is named

24. Chemical symbol for selenium

25. Chemical symbol for zirconium

29. _____ Microwave East (part of L3-Com), RF component manufacturer located in Hauppauge, NY

30. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)

32. Largest moon of Saturn

34. Cambridge University _____, technical book publisher

35. Describes the action of cleaving a crystal plane

38. Attenuator

45. Amateur Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

47. The constellation in which Canopus is located

48. BSEE + 2 years

49. Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (abbr.)

51. Army-Navy specification prefix

53. Chemical symbol for argon

55. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (abbr.)

57. Type of microwave diode

59. Base Station Transceivers (abbr.)

60. Type of logic gate (pl.)

61. Logic family (abbr.)

62. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

64. Opposite of O.D.

65. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

68. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

70. Chemical symbol for silver


See solution below

 

2019 Crossword Puzzle Archive

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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 February 10, 2019