Engineering Themed Crossword Puzzle
November 1st, 2020

November 1st's custom Engineering Technology 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). 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


Radio Engineering Themed Crossword Puzzle for November 1st, 2020 - RF Cafe

 

ACROSS DOWN
1. GaAs (2 wds.)

6. Attenuator

7. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

9. Planet between Mars and Saturn

11. Receiver circuit type used to reduce or eliminate background noise

13. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

14. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

16. Type of memory

17. International phonetic alphabet letter "Z"

20. Automatic Packet Position Reporting System (abbr.)

23. milliampere-hour (abbr.)

26. Surface Mount Technology

27. Line of Sight (abbr.)

29. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)

30. Chemical symbol for radium

32. An entity of an equation

34. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

36. Part of a FOR loop

37. Network department (abbr.)

38. Like the inband portion of a Chebyshev filter

40. High Data Rate

41. Greek letter used for coefficient of reflection (pl.)

44. Added an attenuator

45. Chemical symbol for silicon

46. Image file format name extension

47. One state of matter

48. The "E" in PEP

51. Half of table salt

52. Maximum Usable Frequency

53. Electronics components & batteries supplier based in Japan

54. Small circle whose center moves round the circumference of a larger one, and was used in the Ptolemaic system to describe the orbits of the planets

56. Imaginary orbital plane that the earth makes with the sun

58. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

59. ___-back transformer

61. Chemical symbol for tantalum

62. Rechargeable battery type (abbr., pl.)

66. Verbal communications

70. Agilent's EE design software (abbr.)

71. Adjusts the specification for temperature

76. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)

77. Type of current

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

79. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg.

81. Chemical symbol for scandium

82. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)

84. Sample group

86. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

88. Miniature threaded RF connector

89. Search for data (slang)

90. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

91. Unit of resistance

93. PC follower

94. Chemical symbol for nickel

95. Helium, iron, silicon, or uranium, for example

98. Units of current

102. Type of modulation (abbr.)

103. Common abbreviation for "limit"

104. Method of mathematically evaluating voltage and current behavior (2 wds.)

1. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device

2. Stock market ticker symbol for Analog Devices

3. Amp/1000

4. A number that can be expressed as a/b, where a, b are integers

5. End of Life (abbr.)

6. Chemical symbol for plutonium

8. Chemical symbol for scandium

9. Intentionally blocking communications signals

10. Feature of PCB layout software that lays down traces automatically

11. Created an impenetrable physical barrier

12. Electronics cabinet manufacturer in Cheektowaga, NY

13. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

15. 10E1 numerical prefix (pl.)

16. Integrated transmitter and receiver (transceiver) at a station used for communication (pl.)

18. Unit of time equal to ms/1000 (abbr.)

19. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

21. Chemical symbol for polonium

22. Type of flip-flop

24. Founder of the ARRL (3 wds.)

25. Adjust

28. An 8-bit unit

31. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)

33. Slang for transmitter and/or receiver

35. Test equipment (abbr.)

36. Time division duplex (abbr.)

39. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)

40. Type of cryptographic algorithm that takes a string and converts it to a numeric code

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

43. Unit of conductance (pl.)

44. Bursts of digital data

49. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)

50. Variable Frequency Oscillator

55. Smartphone display (abbr., pl.)

57. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor

60. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

62. Type of aircraft dope

63. Computer Assisted Design and Development

64. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

65. Base of the decimal number system

67. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

68. ECM response

69. A class of subatomic particles that are composed of quarks and take part in the strong interaction (pl.)

71. Recover the modulation from the RF signal

72. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

73. Spectral aberration resulting from the expansion of the universe (2 wds.)

74. Its chemical symbol is W

75. International phonetic alphabet letter "S"

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

83. Miniature threaded RF connector

84. Chemical symbol for lithium

85. Switch position

87. Chemical symbol for arsenic

92. Opposite of a LO

96. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

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

99. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

100. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

101. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

See solution below

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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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Radio Engineering Themed Crossword Solution for November 1st, 2020 - RF Cafe