Antennas-Themed Crossword Puzzle
September 6th, 2020

September 6th's custom Antennas themed crossword puzzle contains only only words from my custom-created lexicon related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc. (1,000s of them). Clues with an asterisk (*) are specifically antenna-related. 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. The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate the effort.

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


Antennas-Themed Crossword Puzzle for September 6th, 2020 - RF Cafe

 

ACROSS DOWN
1. The sum is greater than the parts

8. 2-element, 1/2 wavelength antenna fed at the center (pl.)

14. Summed

15. A common battery cell size

17. Added an impurity to a semiconductor

19. Type of antenna on a printed circuit board *

22. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

24. Type of antenna made from waveguide *

25. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance

26. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)

28. Chemical symbol for francium

29. Chemical symbol for nobelium

30. Error checking scheme (abbr.)

31. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

33. Chemical symbol for strontium

34. Describes communications which has been paired between transmitter and receiver

37. Spurious signal produced in a receiver

39. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

41. Proportion of two numbers

42. Chemical symbol for terbium

43. Devices on an axle used to hold a wheel in place

44. Mathematical operation concerned only with the remainder when one number is divided by another

45. Create a power supply output w/o a ground reference

46. Switch position

48. Type of high-tech data gathering system (abbr.)

50. Microprocessor vendor

53. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

54. Chemical symbol for radium

55. Describes the action of cleaving a crystal plane

56. Chemical symbol for tin

58. Morse Code for "from"

59. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

60. Unit of volume (abbr.)

61. ___-periodic antenna *

63. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

66. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

68. Chemical symbol for neon

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

71. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

73. Type of current flow (abbr.)

74. Driven antenna element

75. Describes 18 Down and 74 Across (pl.)

2. Directional antenna of Japanese origin

3. Chemical symbol for neodymium

4. Inventor of the incandescent light bulb

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

6. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

7. Point at which a further increase in one variable produces no further increase in the resultant effect

9. Opposite of O.D.

10. Chemical symbol for polonium

11. Configured a switch to break electrical contact

12. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

13. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)

15. A common battery cell size

16. Type of current flow (abbr.)

18. Passive directional antenna element (pl.) *

19. Chemical symbol for platinum

20. Chemical symbol for holmium

21. Highly directional, curved antenna (pl.) *

23. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

27. Start frequency (abbr.)

29. Chemical symbol for nickel

32. Chemical symbol for silicon

35. Early terminal program and file transfer protocol

36. Changes from the initial value due to instability

37. Antenna with outline resembling neckwear *

38. Opposite of local

40. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

42. Chemical symbol for thallium

47. 1e-6 mA

48. Generated an official engineering change document

49. Cable termination type

51. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)

52. Long Range Aid to Navigation

53. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

57. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

58. 10E1 numerical prefix

61. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

62. Adjust a pot

64. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

65. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

67. Logic family

69. 1e-6 mA

70. Part of a FOR loop

71. Chemical symbol for aluminum

72. Centimeter (abbr.)

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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Antennas-Themed Crossword Puzzle Solution for September 6th, 2020 - RF Cafe