Engineering Website Crossword Puzzle Vanity
November 7, 2021

This engineering crossword puzzle for November 7th has no fewer than 8 words and clues naming the title of this website. Otherwise, all other clues and words are related directly to RF, microwave, and mm-wave engineering, optics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical subjects. As always, this crossword contains no names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort unless it/he/she is related to this puzzle's technology theme (e.g., Reginald Denny or the Tunguska event in Siberia). The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate the effort. Enjoy!


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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

Engineering Website Crossword Puzzle Vanity for November 7th, 2021 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Web's most popular radio frequency engineering site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)
3. Constellation : The greater dog (2 wds.)
10. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
11. Relative power level unit (abbr.)
13. Small DIP package (abbr.)
14. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)
15. Trigger diode that conducts current only after its breakdown voltage has been exceeded momentarily (pl.)
19. Transformer interwinding connections
23. Stock symbol for Intel
25. Describes stationary charges
28. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)
29. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial
30. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)
32. Volume unit (abbr.)
33. Logic family (abbr.)
34. This crossword puzzle's self-promoting theme
40. Notch type filter (abbr.)
41. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
42. Chemical symbol for arsenic
43. Central regions in FETs
45. Type of current flow (abbr.)
46. Positive voltage lead color
48. Earth's natural satellite
49. Modulation type (abbr.)
50. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
51. Modulation type (abbr.)
52. 10E1 numerical prefix
54. Band between RF and BB
55. World's first satellite navigation system (abbr.)
57. Internet protocol (abbr.)
58. Imaginary part of the opposition to current flow
60. S12 or S21 (abbr.)
62. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)
63. A BPF specification (abbr.)
64. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
65. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
66. Chemical symbol for cobalt
67. Intermodulation (abbr.)
68. Its chemical symbol is Zn
70. Voice of America
72. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)
73. Type of capacitors
77. Chemical symbol for iron
79. Chemical symbol for platinum
80. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)
82. Same as 78 Down
83. 1/000 of an inch
84. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
85. Effective Radiated Power (abbr.)
86. RF ____, the world's best engineering website
87. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and monitoring of everything (abbr.)
89. The "S" in CMOS
96. Stock symbol for Conexant
98. Transformer, abbr.
99. The "O" in CMOS
100. Chemical symbol for francium
102. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)
104. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)
105. Network department (abbr.)
106. Project box (pl.)
107. Web's most popular wireless engineering site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)
1. Mate to a plug
2. Type of modulation (abbr.)
4. Network department (abbr.)
5. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
6. Search for data (slang)
7. Linear operation area of transistor curve (2 wds. pl.)
8. Switch position
9. Same as 1 Across
11. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)
12. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)
15. Stock symbol for Dell Computer
16. Current-voltage phase mnemonic
17. PC follower
18. Chemical symbol for chromium
20. A common battery cell size
21. Chemical symbol for platinum
22. Service-Independent Building Blocks
24. Precipitate
26. Sample groups
27. Type of capacitors
31. Same as 9 Down
34. Greek letter
35. Cooling device
36. Cyanide (abbr.)
37. Army-Navy specification prefix
38. Chemical symbol for iron
39. Polymer having the elastic properties of natural rubber
43. Applied + _____________ + Sciences, EM software vendor in Escondido, CA
44. Type of component package (abbr.)
47. Satellite TV system
48. Snail and E are examples of this
52. Devices for interpreting encoded data
53. A common battery cell size
56. Type of programmable device (abbr.)
58. Same as 34 Across
59. Chemical symbol for neon
61. Change velocity
62. Amateur radio operating mode for sharing realtime video (abbr.)
67. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)
68. IC socket type for easy insertion & removal (abbr.)
69. Current-voltage phase mnemonic
71. Regarding light
74. Part of this website's title
75. Type of current flow (abbr.)
76. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
77. First-in, first-out, abbr.
78. Web's most popular radio frequency engineering site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)
81. Highest point
83. Join a male and a female connector
86. Imaging device (abbr.)
88. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator
90. 300 kHz to 3 MHz
91. Intermodulation (abbr.)
92. Error checking scheme (abbr.)
93. Type of logic gate
94. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"
95. Schema for computer or device presentation to the operator (abbr.)
97. Service of the ARRL that helps hams solve technical problems (abbr.)
101. Chemical symbol for radon
103. Chemical symbol for gold
105. Band between RF and BB

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Engineering Website Crossword Solution Vanity for November 7th, 2021 - RF Cafe