October 1960 Electronics World
Table
of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Electronics World, published May 1959
- December 1971. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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Electronics magazines of
the last century regularly published theme-based crosswords, like this "Electronic Terminology Crossword Puzzle"
from a 1960 edition of Electronics
World. Working crossword puzzles has been shown to be a simple activity
that can help prevent or at least stave off some forms of mental atrophy. It is
a medical fact that as you grow old and/or cease presenting yourself on a
regular basis with mental and physical challenges, your brain actually begins to
lose gray matter and synapse interconnections are lost. Working crossword
puzzles is a healthy mental exercise that helps increase your vocabulary and
improve cognitive skills. That is one reason I create my own weekly crossword
puzzle for RF Cafe visitors.
Electronic Terminology Crossword Puzzle
By John J. Gill

ACROSS
1. Reciprocal of impedance. 8. Protective
device. 11. Greek "N". 12. Used in house wiring. 13. Chemical element
(symbol). 14. Pilot light (abbr.). 15. Doughnut-shaped coil. 18. Amount
of force that causes rotation. 20. Measurements 21. One who goes forth.
24. Type of circuit. 25. A "collector" of electro-magnetic waves (abbr.).
26. Vase. 27. Frequency used in superhets (abbr.). 28. 102 (Roman numeral).
29. A news service (abbr.). 30. E= ___. 31. Scotch hat. 32. Equipment
used in servicing electronic devices. 36. Relay type (abbr.). 37. ___ high
frequency. 39. Tool for making holes. 40. "For each". 41. Falsehoods.
42. Tonnage (abbr.). 43. Type of modulation. 44. Amplification factor.
45. Negative reply. 46. Useful energy delivered. 47. Number (abbr.).
48. Part of "to be". 49. Beneath. 44. Unit of wire size. 51. Inductive
reactance (symbol). 52. Ratio of output to input. 53. Plate current (symbol).
54. And so on. 55. College degree (abbr.). 58. Network (abbr.).
61. Whip. 63. TV blanking pulse. 64. Memory tube used in computers. |
DOWN
1. Radiator of r.f. energy. 2. ___ diode.
3. Values used in matching colors. 4. An English unit of weight. 5.
Broadcast radio (abbr.). 6. Pilot light symbol (abbr.). 7. Capacitor of
unknown value (schematic symbol). 8. Iron compound used in transformer construction.
9. Goad. 10. Type of capacitor. 13. Pedal digit. 16. Coil. 17.
All (Latin). 18. Cask. 19. Quality rating of a coil. 22. Above the range
of human hearing. 23. Power supply component (abbr.). 29. Network for introducing
a variable transmission. 33. Neighboring continent (abbr.). 34. Type of
reactor. 35. Transformers and coils are sometimes ___. 36. Remote TV or
radio broadcast. 38. Lithium (abbr.). 40. Moving a TV camera to scan a field
of view. 42. Sorrow. 44. Unit of wire size. 50. Dental corpsman (USN,
abbr.). 52. Mother of Uranus. 56. Our "aerial umbrella" (abbr.).
57. Unit of 1 Across. 58. By. 59. Exist. 60. Not down. 62. Quiet!
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Here are other electronics-themed crossword puzzles from vintage electronics
magazines:

Posted February 6, 2019 (original 3/28/2014)
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