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1. The stationary part of a motor
4. Physically
connected group of parts
8. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)
10. 10 decibels
11. _____ + 16 Down + 42 Across: founder of the ARRL
13. Communication between stations
by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere
15. Longitudinal shape-forming structural
element
17. First name of a British scientist of falling apple fame
18. A common battery
cell size
19. The amount of matter that a body contains
21. European equivalent to the
U.L.
22. Abbreviation for minimum voltage
23. Strong cable covering
25. Reduction-oxidation
(abbr.)
27. Chemical symbol for thallium
28. Cellphone band below PCS
29. Moon of
Saturn discovered in 1789
32. Chemical symbol for dysprosium
33. Chemical symbol for
polonium
34. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
35. Reliability measure
37. Ham radio
organization (abbr.)
38. Galilean moon
40. Satellite of Jupiter discovered by Galileo
41. Opposite of a LO
42. 11 Across + 16 Down + _____: founder of the ARRL
43. Minutes
of Use (abbr.)
44. Opposite of O.D.
45. Theoretical
47. Provider of services for
telecommunications systems in Switzerland (abbr.)
49. Chemical symbol for aluminum
50.
Chemical symbol for platinum
51. Electrical unit of potential difference
53. Unit of
time (abbr.)
54. The stuff in the solder core
56. Length times width
59. Adjust a
pot
61. Front end of a rocket (pl.)
62. Ham's code for "What is your location?"
64.
Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)
66. Competitive event where Hams ply their
skills against each other for points (pl.)
67. Internet's most popular radio frequency
website (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.) |
1. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)
2. Prefix meaning temperature-related
3. Chemical symbol for radium
4. Asynchronous
Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)
5. Separated by specific distances
6. Chemical
symbol for molybdenum
7. Constellation : The lion
9. Type of spread spectrum that does
not use direct sequence spreading (abbr.)
10. Stock symbol for Boeing
12. Radio Amateur
Civil Emergency Service (abbr.)
13. Amateur radio enthusiast
14. Its chemical symbol
is Pd
16. 11 Across + _____ + 42 Across: founder of the ARRL
17. Network department
(abbr.)
18. Capacitor manufacturer
20. Cable covered by strong jacket
23. Acts of
summation
24. 1E6 nanoseconds
25. Line extending out from center
26. _______ noise
matching
30. Chemical symbol for magnesium
31. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
33. Chemical symbol
for praseodymium
36. Part of a FOR loop
37. Modulation type (abbr.)
39. Shorthand
for oxygen
41. Robert _____ - developed a mathematical rule for determining spring forces
42. Joins a male and a female connector
43. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
45. Precision
landing system (abbr.)
46. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.)
48. Energy at
rest
49. Antenna (abbr.)
51. Tool for holding parts while working on them
52. Switch
position
55. Adjusts a pot
57. Chemical symbol for rhodium
58. Nearest and furthest
points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit
60. Engineering Change
Order (abbr.)
63. Network department (abbr.)
65. Chemical symbol for chromium |
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