RF Cafe Engineering & Technical Headlines Crossword Puzzle
September 15, 2019

This RF Cafe Engineering & Technical Headlines Crossword Puzzle contains at least 10 words from headlines posted on the homepage during the week of September 9 through September 13, 2019 (marked with an asterisk*). These custom-made engineering and science-themed crossword puzzles are done weekly for the brain-exercising benefit and pleasure of RF Cafe visitors who are fellow cruciverbalists. Every word and clue - without exception - in these RF Cafe puzzles has been personally entered into a very large database that encompasses engineering, science, physical, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, etc. Let me know if you would like a custom crossword puzzle built for your company, school, club, etc. (no charge).

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

Engineering & Technology Headlines Crossword Puzzle September 15, 2019 - RF Cafe

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1. Mathematical calculation of RF component string (2 wds.)

12. Kept track of events

14. Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (abbr.)

15. Chemical symbol for chromium

16. FlexRadio Teams with Raytheon Team to Develop Airborne __ Radio*

18. Electron beam particle (pl.)

19. Adjust

20. Miniature threaded RF connector

22. ___ 2020 is Now Open for Paper Submissions*

23. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

24. x, y, or z on Cartesian coordinates

26. Forms into a specific shape

28. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit (pl.)

30. __&_ Set for Shake-up as Elliott Management Takes $3.2B Stake*

33. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

34. Chemical symbol for radium

36. Global Surveillance _____ Market to be Worth $11.9B by 2025*

38. Vacuum tube grid placed between control grid and plate in a pentode

40. Short for potentiometer

41. The "D" in CD (pl.)

42. Greek letter

44. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

45. Pick-and-_____ automated PCB component insertion tool

47. Largest broadcaster in the UK (abbr.)

48. Mr. Arrhenius' first name

50. Electric coronal discharge

51. Chemical symbol for cesium

52. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

54. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)

55. Type of load used in place of an antenna during transmitter testing

58. Cambridge University _____, technical book publisher

60. MTS, Nokia Hit 2.1 ____ in Moscow mmWave Trial*

61. Below ELF

63. New Consortium to Spread ___ Adoption and Standardize Security*

65. Juniper Pays $11.7M to Make ___ Bribery Investigation Go Away*

66. Chart types

68. The scalar component of velocity

70. Unit of length (abbr.)

71. Unit of length (abbr.)

72. Length times width

73. Diode circuit to restrain voltage input

75. Contactless homemade (usually) inductive and/or capacitive test cable end for tracing wireless signals on a PCB or in a chassis (2 ltrs. + 2 wds., pl.)

1. Trims a piece of Kapton tape to length

2. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

3. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

4. European equivalent to the U.L.

5. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

6. CB slang for CB radio or antenna

7. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

8. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

9. Chemical symbol for aluminum

10. Ratio of a mechanical drawing

11. Infrared (abbr.)

12. FCC Moves Toward June 2020 ____ Spectrum Auction*

13. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

16. 1/100 meter (abbr.)

17. Start frequency (abbr.)

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

20. Type of component package (abbr.)

21. India Loses Contact with ____ Lander*

22. Network department (abbr.)

24. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)

25. Greek letter

27. Decimeter (abbr.)

28. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

29. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)

30. Type of current flow (abbr.)

31. Technical drawing structure

32. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

34. The Coming Death of Just About Every ____ Legend*

35. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

36. Airfoil shapers

37. File name extension for an ASCII file

38. Hub of the solar system (pl.)

39. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

40. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

41. Relative power level unit (abbr.)

42. SK Telecom and Samsung Reckon We Need 8K __ over 5G*

43. A common battery cell size

45. Parts per million (abbr.)

46. Direction of carbon fiber strands

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

49. Test point (abbr.)

50. "Texting" (abbr.)

52. Chemical symbol for argon

53. Determines proper functionality

55. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)

56. One type of electron spin

57. Parameter that is a figure of merit for receiver performance in presence of multiple signals (abbr.)

58. Chemical symbol for lead

59. Chemical symbol for scandium

60. Equipment

61. Adjusts a pot

62. Mr. de Forest's first name

63. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

64. Weight (abbr.)

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

67. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

68. Miniature RF connector

69. Type of chart

71. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

72. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)

73. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

74. Galilean moon


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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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Engineering & Technical Headlines Crossword Solution September 15, 2019 - RF Cafe