Engineering Themed Crossword Puzzle
September 27th, 2020

September 27th's custom Engineering 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


Engineering Themed Crossword Puzzle for September 27th, 2020 - RF Cafe

 

ACROSS DOWN
1. FET voltage specification

7. Digital data error check

13. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

14. Einstein's paradoxical traveler

15. Angular speed unit

17. Military Auxiliary Radio System

18. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

20. Stock symbol for Intel

24. He, along with Mr. Savart, developed a law that describes a magnetic field generated by an electric current

26. The ratio of the charge on a conductor to its potential

32. Chemical symbol for argon

34. Cause a voltage or current waveform to gradually die out

35. Waveform limit definition

37. Chemical symbol for arsenic

38. Use a squeezing tool for attaching a wire lug

40. Type of logic gate

41. Unit of volume (abbr.)

43. Change from the initial value due to instability

45. A compiler directive

46. Project box

47. Battery cell chemistry type (abbr.)

49. Automatic Testing, Evaluation & Reporting (abbr.)

50. Wheel attachment point

51. 10E-12 numerical prefix

53. "The butthead astronomer" (dubbed by Apple dev team)

58. Short for terminal

60. A type of capacitance or inductance

62. Chemical symbol for nickel

63. Chemical symbol for palladium

64. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (acr.)

66. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

67. Time Division Multiple Access

69. Stock symbol for Linear Technologies

70. Chemical symbol for tantalum

73. Streams of electrons (pl.)

78. Frequency division multiple access (abbr.)

81. An abbreviation for "transceiver"

83. A common battery cell size

84. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock

87. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

89. Sim ____, an early computer game for building and managing urban environments

91. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

92. Shiny metallic element

93. Panel of control switches, knobs, and meters (pl.)

1. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr.)

2. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

3. Pure carrier (abbr.)

4. Founder of the ARRL (3 wds.)

5. Switch position

6. Chemical symbol for francium

7. Centimeter (abbr.)

8. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

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

10. Chemical symbol for krypton

11. Half of DSB

12. Unit of admittance

13. Type of capacitor dielectric

16. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)

19. Sends a file over a network (abbr.)

21. Time delay (abbr.)

22. Chemical symbol for calcium

23. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

25. S12 or S21 (abbr.)

26. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

27. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

28. Mr. Gauss' first name

29. Total Access Communication System (abbr.)

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

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

33. Effective frontal area presented to a microwave interrogation system (abbr.)

34. Introduce unintended amplitude changes

36. Energy possessed by a body in motion

37. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)

39. Have a chemically induced effect

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

42. Chemical symbol for copper

44. Software storage unit (pl.)

45. User Datagram Protocol

48. Amateur radio enthusiast

52. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)

54. Chemical symbol for radon

55. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)

56. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit

57. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

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

61. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

65. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)

66. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)

68. PC follower

69. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

71. Automatic Packet Position Reporting System (abbr.)

72. Type of component package (abbr.)

74. Chemical symbol for helium

75. Decibels above or below a dipole antenna (abbr.)

76. Chemical symbol for rhodium

77. Chemical symbol for scandium

79. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

80. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)

81. Amateurese for "wife"

82. Amateur radio operator who is qualified to administer Amateur Radio licensing examinations (abbr., pl.)

85. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

86. Ratio of circumference to diameter

87. Modulation type (abbr.)

88. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

89. Cyanide (abbr.)

90. Part of a FOR loop

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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Engineering Themed Crossword Puzzle Solution for September 27th, 2020 - RF Cafe