Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzle
June 14, 2020

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. In this crossword for June 14th 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


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Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzle for June 14, 2020 - RF Cafe

 

ACROSS DOWN
1. Closed Circuit Television (abbr.)

5. Soaked up RF energy

10. Used logic gates

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

16. Opposite of O.D.

17. RC system maker

19. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)

20. Infrared (abbr.)

22. Unlicensed FCC Part 95 realm for personal and business radio use (abbr.)

23. Related to FM by a differential

25. PC follower

26. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)

28. Chemical symbol for chromium

29. Ham's code for "Your net frequency is High."

31. A control input to a counter

36. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

38. Equalizer (abbr.)

40. .049 size models

41. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

43. One port of an amplifier

45. One port of an amplifier

47. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

49. Chemical symbol for beryllium oxide

50. Attenuator

51. _____-Carlo analysis

52. Morse Code for "from"

53. Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (abbr.)

55. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

56. Type of logic gate (pl.)

57. Part of a FOR loop

59. C/L racing event

60. Prefix for small outline IC package type

61. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

63. What you do when your finger get whacked with the propeller

66. Cyanide (abbr.)

68. Studies for a test just before taking it

71. Modulation type (abbr.)

73. Word used in describing 2-D and 3-D object dimensions; i.e., 10 mm __ 25 mm

74. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

75. Chemical symbol for thulium

76. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

77. Chemical symbol for cobalt

78. Prefix for font without serifs

80. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)

81. Thing in a bill of material

83. Bulk Acoustic Wave

84. Last statement in a BASIC program

86. Reliability measure (abbr.)

88. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)

89. Medium for storing large amounts of digital data

90. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)

91. Chemical symbol for nickel

92. AMA District that includes NJ and NY

93. Upper frequency (abbr.)

94. Chemical symbol for selenium

95. Chemical symbol for strontium

96. Greek letter

97. Test equipment (abbr.)

98. Negatively charged ions

101. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

102. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

104. Charged particle

105. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

107. Online service

109. CB slang for CB radio or antenna

111. Number system which uses only the digits 0 to 7

113. Chemical symbol for cesium

115. Traditional term for a person who enjoys helping newcomers get started in ham radio - a mentor

116. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

117. Ham's code for "What is the name of your station?"

118. Type of flip-flop

119. Chemical symbol for xenon

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

121. Time delay (abbr.)

122. Volts, meters, pints, pounds, eg.

124. Chemical symbol for beryllium

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

128. Configuring a switch to break electrical contact

130. Shortwave listener (abbr.)

132. Chemical symbol for arsenic

134. Measure of source / load mismatch (abbr.)

136. Chemical symbol for argon

137. Race starter's call

138. Army-Navy specification prefix

140. Back edge of a wing

141. Be behind in phase

143. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

144. Greek letter (micro)

146. Propeller vendor, in Woodland, CA

148. ____ Meet, a Ham's flea market

149. Suppresses an oscillation

150. Tighten just enough to ensure it will not come loose

2. "Calling any amateur radio station"

3. RF connector type

4. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (abbr.)

5. First four Greek letters

6. Chemical symbol for silicon

7. Opposite of I.D.

8. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)

9. Chemical symbol for erbium

11. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

12. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)

13. Adjusts the specification for temperature

14. One state of matter

18. JavaScript (abbr.)

21. Chemical symbol for radon

24. 5,280 feet (pl.)

25. Followed the XT

27. Mass unit (abbr.)

30. Chemical symbol for helium

32. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

33. Beat frequency oscillator (abbr.)

34. State in AMA District VII

35. What Ham operators engage in (2 wds.)

37. Impurity in a semiconductor that adds a mobile electron in the conduction band (pl.)

39. Ham's code for "What is the correct time?"

41. The amount of matter that a body contains

42. Unit of current

44. UMTS terrestrial radio access (abbr.)

46. On-the-air meeting of hams at a set time, day and radio frequency

48. Stock

50. Unit of time (abbr.)

54. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

55. Electronic device that permits current flow in only one direction (pl.)

58. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

61. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

62. A coherent monochrome light source (pl.)

64. Unlicensed radio type for personal and business use (abbr., pl.)

65. Swap ____, a Ham's flea market

67. Nordic Mobile Telephone

69. A common battery cell size

70. Physical quantity defined as being the work done per unit time (pl.)

72. Barry ____, "Microwave Product Digest" magazine editor (c2014)

77. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor (pl.)

79. Chemical symbol for neodymium

82. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)

83. Stock symbol for Boeing

85. Output intercept point (abbr.)

87. The "B" in BER

89. Base of the decimal number system

91. Premier organization for model rocket enthusiasts

94. System for underwater navigation

96. Filter type commonly used in phase-locked-loops

99. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and monitoring of everything (abbr.)

100. Type of component package (abbr.)

101. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial

103. Range of frequencies

106. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

107. Archaic term for an outdoor antenna (pl.)

108. Ham's code for "Shall I send more slowly?"

110. Chemical symbol for radium

111. Using a logical connection scheme for redundant power supplies

112. Opposite of USB

114. Created an impenetrable physical barrier

117. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by."

122. One type of electron spin

123. Chemical symbol for tin

125. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

127. 1E6 nanoseconds

128. Type of logic gate

129. High frequency semiconductor (abbr.)

131. Weight (abbr.)

133. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

135. Write-Once (abbr.)

136. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

139. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

142. Chemical symbol for gallium

143. Chemical symbol for europium

144. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

145. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

147. Chemical symbol for copper


See solution below

2020 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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Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzle Solution for June 14, 2020 - RF Cafe