Electronics Themed Crossword Puzzle
November 13th, 2022

Here is your custom made Electronics Themed crossword puzzle for November 13th, 2022. All RF Cafe crossword puzzles are custom made by me, Kirt Blattenberger, and have only words and clues related to electronics, electricity, radio, radar, 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

Electronics Theme Crossword Puzzle for November 13th, 2022 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. This crossword puzzle's theme
9. Base of the decimal number system
12. International phonetic alphabet letter "I"
13. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter
16. Ratio of circumference to diameter
18. Time Division Multiplexing
20. Diac that can be turned back off
21. Read-only (abbr.)
22. Ham's code for "Your net frequency is High."
24. Keeps in working condition
25. The "L" in VLF
26. Base of the decimal number system
28. Greek letter used for frequency
29. Unit of time (abbr.)
31. Amateur radio operator who is qualified to administer Amateur Radio licensing examinations (abbr.)
32. The largest asteroid
34. Short for modulator/demodulator
38. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter
40. Brightest star in the Aquila constellation
42. Adjust a pot
43. Sets the flip-flop output to "0"
44. Chemical symbol for zirconium
45. Chemical symbol for erbium
47. Galilean moon
48. Type of flip-flop
49. Instrument for measuring current
50. Chemical symbol for lithium
51. Chemical symbol for cesium
52. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
53. PCB mask exposing ray (abbr.)
55. Mate a plug to a jack
58. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)
60. Use the wheel on a mouse
63. Structure of columns and rows
64. Tool for holding parts while working on them (pl.)
66. Increase in elapsed time before a signal begins
67. Modulation type (abbr.)
68. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
69. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
71. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)
72. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)
73. Heater element in a vacuum tube (pl.)
76. Adjust a pot
78. Chemical symbol for cesium
79. Software function selection mechanisms
80. 2-way conversation, Ham term
82. Read-only (abbr.)
83. The UK's equivalent of the FCC
84. The "E" in BER
87. Ham's code for "Can you copy me?"
88. Voltage potential to turn off a diode (2 wds.)
2. Chemical symbol for lithium
3. Last statement in a BASIC program
4. Chemical symbol for cadmium
5. Largest moon of Saturn
6. Its chemical symbol is Ra
7. Its chemical symbol is Cm
8. Quantum electron property (pl.)
9. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)
10. Chemical symbol for erbium
11. Stock symbol for Hewlett Packard
14. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)
15. Unit or circuit that provides electrical power to a circuit (2 wds.)
17. Microprocessor vendor
19. Chemical symbol for manganese
20. Chemical symbol for tantalum
21. A Ham station that operates from several grid squares or counties during a contest
23. Frequency unit
27. RF region defined at less than a wavelength/[2 x pi] (2 wds.)
30. Antenna effective areas
32. Ability to store a charge
33. Chemical symbol for silicon
35. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
36. Impurity in a semiconductor (pl.)
37. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)
38. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)
39. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)
41. Have a chemically induced effect
43. Material used in the center of an inductor coil (pl.)
46. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)
47. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE
50. Opposite of USB
54. Electrical unit of potential difference (pl.)
56. Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone System (abbr.)
57. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
58. Chemical symbol for nickel
59. European equivalent to the U.L.
61. Chemical symbol for cadmium
62. A coherent monochrome light source
64. Its units are expressed in a cubic of length
65. Registers an event
68. One axis of an ellipse
70. Retain a charge
73. Method of self-detection and self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.)
74. Chemical symbol for arsenic
75. Equalizer (abbr.)
77. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)
79. ___ Enterprises, a major Ham Radio equipment distributor and manufacturer
81. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
83. Switch position
85. Chemical symbol for rubidium
86. Chemical symbol for radium

See solution below

 

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Electronics Theme Crossword Puzzle Solution for November 13th, 2022 - RF Cafe