Radio & Wireless Themed Crossword Puzzle
September 13th, 2020

September 13th's custom Radio & Wireless 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 & Wireless Themed Crossword Puzzle for September 13th, 2020 - RF Cafe

 

ACROSS DOWN
1. Albert's theory

8. A final surface coating

13. Greek letter used for frequency

14. Forerunner to NASA

15. Singulated piece of IC wafer

16. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

17. Graphs

19. Solid figure that has every point on its surface equidistant from its center

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

21. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

23. Set of poles

25. Join two or more wires

30. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

31. Time Division Multiple Access

32. Greek symbol commonly used to represent angles

33. Time delay (abbr.)

34. Summers

35. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)

36. Uses a squeezing tool for attaching a wire lug

41. Miniature RF connector

42. Chemical symbol for nobelium

43. Hedy _____, Hollywood actress with first patent for spread spectrum communications

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

46. Network department (abbr.)

47. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

48. Logic family (abbr.)

52. Chemical symbol for nobelium

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

55. Network configuration type

57. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

59. Modulation type (abbr.)

60. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

61. Popular computer device interface (abbr.)

62. Test equipment (abbr.)

63. Base of the binary number system

65. Constellation : The southern cross

66. Bits per second (abbr.)

67. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

68. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

69. Positive emitter-coupled logic (abbr.)

72. Basic oscillator configuration that incorporates a crystal

77. Constellation : The lion

79. Chemical symbol for tin

81. Describes energy at rest

83. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)

84. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

85. Radio frequencies used for long distance communications (typically 3-30 MHz) (2 wds., pl.)

86. Added a termination

1. Mates to plugs

2. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

3. Luminous atmospheric phenomenon

4. Puts a new program on a computer

5. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

6. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)

7. Transformer interwinding connection

8. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

9. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

10. International phonetic alphabet letter "I"

11. Chemical symbol for strontium

12. Another name for amateur wireless communications (2 wds.)

15. Morse Code for "from"

18. Part of a screw that engages the driver

22. Describes an "thick" field

24. Intermodulation (abbr.)

25. Network configuration type

26. It can follow an MS

27. Semiconductor lamps

28. Thing in a bill of material

29. An ion or salt of carbonic acid, containing carbon and oxygen such as calcium carbonate

37. CRT electron beam scan type

38. Intermodulation (abbr.)

39. A rectangular array of numbers in rows and columns that is treated as a single entity and manipulated according to particular rules

40. Period between radar transmitter's output waveform (abbr.)

45. Heavenly body having a tail

46. Put a new program on a computer

49. Physical rule describing the direction of EMF and current resulting from induction

50. Connector type

51. Circuit boards (abbr.)

54. Geometrical term for a curve traced out by a point on a radius of a circle rotating along a straight line or another circle

56. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)

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

64. Weight (abbr.)

65. Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (abbr.)

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

71. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)

72. Peak Inverse Voltage

73. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

74. Chemical symbol for radium

75. Curly-Q type light bulb (abbr.)

76. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

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

80. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

82. Chemical symbol for tantalum

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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Radio & Wireless Themed Crossword Puzzle Solution for September 13th, 2020 - RF Cafe