Electrical Engineering Theme Crossword Puzzle
March 20th, 2022

Here is your custom made Electrical Engineering theme crossword puzzle for March 20th, 2022. All RF Cafe crossword puzzles are custom made by me, Kirt Blattenberger, and have only words and clues related 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

Electrical Engineering Theme Crossword Puzzle for March 20th, 2022 - RF Cafe

1. Mated to a receptacle
8. Changing
15. A vector quantity (typically a complex number) representing a sinusoidally varying current or voltage (pl.)
16. Base Station Transceivers (abbr.)
18. Lifetime failure rate curve
20. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)
21. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
22. Part of an optical cable bundle
24. Chemical symbol for neon
25. Internet address (abbr.)
26. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)
27. Mathematical operation is concerned only with the remainder when one number is divided by another
28. Basic storage unit of a database
30. Chemical symbol for europium
31. Chemical symbol for iron
32. Molecular building blocks
34. Chemical symbol for ruthenium
36. Dilbert rodent
39. Configuring a switch to break electrical contact
43. ____ earth elements
44. Megohm (abbr.)
45. Type of programmable device (abbr.)
46. Circuit element connecting PCB layers (pl.)
47. Tough drill bit material
49. Color code for the number 7 (pl.)
51. Morse Code for "from"
52. Graphics workshop software
55. Type of flip-flop
57. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
59. Factor of ten
62. Strong cable coverings
65. Related to FM by a differential
66. Type of chart
68. Chemical symbol for argon
69. Electronically images a document
71. Galilean moon
72. Ham abbreviation indicating contacts with all major land masses
73. Write software
76. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)
77. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
79. The fourth state of matter, which occurs in stars and fusion reactors (pl.)
80. Its chemical symbol is Bi

1. It can follow an MS (pl.)
2. Be behind in phase
3. Unit of time (abbr.)
4. BASIC program command
5. Vacuum tube element
6. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
7. 2 x SSB
9. Chemical symbol for ytterbium
10. 10E-9 numerical prefix
11. Automatic Testing, Evaluation & Reporting (abbr.)
12. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
13. International Telecommunications Union
14. Chemically react to harden
15. Substrate for mounting component (abbr., pl.)
16. He, along with Mr. Savart, developed a law that describes a magnetic field generated by an electric current
17. Short for terminal
19. Color code for the number 6
22. Type of screw (2 wds., pl.)
23. Rotary electrical transformer used for measuring degrees of rotation (pl.)
27. Measured
29. Low impedance amplifier stage that boosts power (pl.)
31. Physical unit used to measure capacitance
33. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
35. Volts, meters, pints, pounds, eg.
36. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.)
37. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)
38. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards
40. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)
41. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
42. One state of matter
48. Read-only (abbr.)
50. Antenna type derived from simple weighted wires dropped from Zeppelin airships
53. 10E1 numerical prefix
54. Describes a grouping of batteries
56. Miniature RF connector (pl.)
58. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)
60. CB slang for CB radio or antenna
61. Study for a test just before taking it
63. Applies a lubricant
64. Move from cell to cell
65. Radio signal route
67. End of Life (abbr.)
70. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)
72. Term used in soldering to achieve the condition that occurs when the metals being soldered are hot enough to melt the solder so it flows over the surface
74. Chemical symbol for gallium
75. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
77. Ratio of circumference to diameter
78. Greek letter used for frequency

See solution below

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