Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzle
August 9th, 2020

August 9th's custom Amateur Radio Engineering crossword puzzle contains many words particular to Amateur Radio (labeled with an asterisk *). Each week for two decades I have created a new technology-themed crossword puzzle using only words (1,000s of them) 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, find someone or something in the otherwise excluded list directly related to this puzzle's technology theme, such as Hedy Lamarr or the Bikini Atoll, respectively. Avid cruciverbalists amongst us: the gauntlet has been thrown down.

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


Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzle for August 9, 2020 - RF Cafe

 

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1. * Ham's code for "Can you acknowledge receipt?"

3. 1E6 bits per second

5. * ___ Enterprises, a major Ham Radio equipment distributor and manufacturer

8. Chemical symbol for radon

9. * Morse ____

11. * The highest level Amateur Radio license rating

16. Color quality

18. The cell band above DCN

19. * International phonetic alphabet letter "N"

22. Image file format name extension

24. Programmable Logic Device (abbr.)

25. It can follow an MS (pl.)

27. Input intercept point (abbr.)

29. Type of current flow (abbr.)

30. Opposite of O.D.

31. 30 GHz to 300 GHz

32. Stock symbol for RF Micro Devices (now QORVO)

36. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device

38. Type of current

39. Display type

40. * Shortcut term for Ham radio operator

42. Direction of carbon fiber strands

44. Galilean moon

45. Satellite of Jupiter discovered by Galileo

46. Opposite of I.D.

47. Base of the decimal number system

49. Chemical symbol for radium

50. A BPF specification (abbr.)

51. Intermodulation (abbr.)

52. Advanced Research Projects Agency (abbr.)

56. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)

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

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

60. Part of this crossword puzzle's title

62. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

63. One port of an amplifier

65. Army-Navy specification prefix

66. Metric system (abbr.)

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

70. Test point (abbr.)

72. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

74. Chemical symbol for scandium

76. * Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.)

79. * "Calling any amateur radio station"

80. A common battery cell size

81. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

83. * World's foremost Ham radio organization (abbr.)

84. Chemical symbol for arsenic

85. Time delay (abbr.)

86. Title of an Amateur radio magazine

88. The Microwave Office software company (abbr.)

90. Chemical symbol for chromium

91. Write-Once (abbr.)

92. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

93. Half of DSB

95. * The mid-level Amateur radio license

99. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)

100. Chemical symbol for selenium

102. Greek letter

104. Type of spread spectrum that does not use frequency hopping (abbr.)

105. Total radiated power (abbr.)

106. Yard (abbr.)

107. Chemical symbol for copper

109. 30 GHz to 300 GHz

111. Dual Tone Multi-Frequency

113. Part of a male connector

114. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

116. One orientation of polarization

121. Conductor size unit (abbr.)

123. Type of chart

125. A type of average (pl.)

126. Illumination device

128. Ham-ese for Young Lady

129. Nordic Mobile Telephone

130. Stock symbol for Skyworks Solutions

131. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

1. * Ham's code for "Is my transmission being interfered with?"

2. Chemical symbol for tin

3. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

4. Chemical symbol for beryllium

6. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

7. Large transmitting tube such klystron, magnetron

9. Imaging device (abbr.)

10. Switch position

11. 1.602E-19 Joules

12. Chemical symbol for xenon

13. Chemical symbol for thulium

14. Chemical symbol for rubidium

15. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)

17. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

18. Programmable Logic Device (abbr.)

19. Chemical symbol for neodymium

20. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

21. * Slang for transmitter and/or receiver

23. * U.S. Spectrum allocation agency

24. 10E-12 numerical prefix

25. It can follow an MS

26. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

28. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

31. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

32. Chemical symbol for radium

33. Unit of length (abbr.)

34. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

35. Device under test (abbr.)

37. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

38. * 2-element, 1/2 wavelength antenna fed at the center, a favorite of Amateurs

39. * Technician, General, and Amateur Extra are examples of this

40. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

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

43. * Type of unidirectional antenna often used by Hams

46. Greek letter used for resistance

48. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

50. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

51. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

52. Chemical symbol for argon

53. Aircraft tracking system (acronym)

54. Chemical symbol for palladium

55. Powers pneumatic devices

57. * Device attached to an antenna mast which rotates it so that the antenna can point in different directions

61. International phonetic alphabet letter "O"

64. * A no longer used Amateur radio license level

67. Miniature threaded RF connector

69. Slang for when a professor hints at an exam problem (abbr.)

71. Attenuator

73. Miniature RF connector (pl.)

75. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)

77. Chemical symbol for strontium

78. Chemical symbol for thallium

82. Conductor size unit (abbr.)

87. * ARRL's flagship magazine

89. Positive voltage lead color

90. Chemical symbol for chlorine

91. Wired Equivalent Privacy (abbr.)

92. Integrated Services Digital Network (abbr.)

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

96. Unit of time (abbr.)

97. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

98. Type of flip-flop

99. Notch type filter (abbr.)

101. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)

103. Ultra High Voltage (abbr.)

105. Chemical symbol for thulium

106. Compound used as the frequency determining element in microwave oscillators

108. User Datagram Protocol

110. Finite-Element Model

111. 10E1 numerical prefix

112. Chemical symbol for thallium

113. Printed Wiring Board (abbr.)

115. Heatsink feature

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

118. Chemical symbol for tantalum

119. One port of an amplifier

120. Chemical symbol for cesium

121. Chemical symbol for aluminum

122. Below ELF

124. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

126. Chemical symbol for berkelium

127. Unit of time (abbr.)

128. Yard (abbr.)

See solution below

2020 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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Amateur Radio Crossword Solution for August 9, 2020 - RF Cafe