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This week's Wireless Engineering crossword puzzle contains the usual collection of science, math, and engineering
terms, and also includes a couple topics that have been in the technical news headlines lately. Enjoy.
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is
prohibited.
acr. =
acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words
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2. Devices on an axle used to hold a wheel in place
5. New company formed
by RFMD and TriQuint merger
8. Basic PN junction component (pl.)
13. Amplifier linearity specification
(abbr.)
15. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)
16. Logic family
18. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)
21.
Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
22. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and monitoring of
everything (abbr.)
24. Part of this website's title
25. Chemical symbol for thulium
27. RF ____, the
world's best engineering website
29. Early predecessor to an online forum (abbr.)
31. Sample-and-____
33. Modulation type (abbr.)
35. Chemical symbol for selenium
36. Thread cutting tools
38. Chemical
symbol for tantalum
39. Determines proper functionality
41. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
42. Enhanced
Datarates for Global Evolution
44. Substrate for mounting components (abbr.)
45. End of transmission (abbr.)
46. High Data Rate
47. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)
48. Negative
temperature coefficient (abbr.)
49. Type of logic gate (pl.)
50. Opening for airflow
53. Equalizer
(abbr.)
55. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)
56. Weight (abbr.)
57. Unit of resistance (pl.)
60.
Chemical symbol for lutetium
61. Mr. Fermi's first name
62. Software language by Borland
63. Chemical
symbol for arsenic
64. Connector ____, RF connector manufacturer in Merlin, OR
66. Unit of inductance
(abbr.)
67. Country of RF Cafe's residency
68. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
69. Short video segment
71.
International Telecommunications Union
72. A common battery cell size
73. Method of sending high-speed
digital signals on electric distribution wires, a Ham's nemesis (abbr.)
75. Effective frontal area presented
to a microwave interrogation system (abbr.)
77. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
78. Amateur
Radio Association (abbr.)
80. Connector vendor, now owned by FCI in St. Louis, Missouri
83. Part of a
FOR loop
85. One of many similar appendages of a fan
87. Upper frequency (abbr.)
88. Microwave Theory
and Techniques Society (abbr.)
91. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
93. Chemical symbol
for antimony
94. Positive emitter-coupled logic (abbr.)
96. International Microwave Symposium (abbr.)
97. Time Division Multiple Access
99. Abbreviation for peak voltage
100. Chemical symbol for nickel
101. Ground fault interrupter (abbr.)
103. Ratio of circumference to diameter
104. Transmit Incremental
Tuning (abbr.)
106. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)
107. Chemical
symbol for radon
109. Variable Frequency Oscillator
110. Satellite EHF Communications for Mobile Multimedia
111. A coherent monochrome light source
112. PC Card - with 68 pin interface |
1. ESD protective apparel
2. Chemical symbol for cadmium
3. Filter type
that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
4. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)
5. Unit of liquid
measure (abbr.)
6. Airfoil shapers
7. Type of logic gate
9. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)
10.
Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
11. Chemical symbol for silicon
12. Things in
a bill of material
14. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
16. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)
17. European equivalent
to the U.L.
19. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
20. Online service
23. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
25. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
26. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
28. Cause to decrease
in magnitude
29. He stated the principle that the total energy in a stable fluid system is constant
30.
IEEE802.11, FCC Part 15, and MIL-STD-202, for example
32. Its chemical symbol is La
33. Analog-to-Digital
(abbr.)
34. Chemical symbol for magnesium
36. Logarithmic unit of voltage (abbr.)
37. Adjust a pot
39. Time delay (abbr.)
40. Chemical symbol for scandium
42. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
43. Electrical
overstress (abbr.)
51. Voltage-current phase mnemonic
52. Mate to a bolt
54. Ham's code for "Does my
frequency vary?"
56. Unit of typing speed (abbr.)
58. The computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey
59. Degree
of IC sophistication (abbr.)
64. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane
65. Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
69.
Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)
70. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)
71. A false
signal produced in a superheterodyne receiver’s circuitry
74. Chemical symbol for lead
76. European equivalent
to the U.L.
79. Negatively charged ion
81. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
82. Chemical symbol for
rubidium
84. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)
86. Volts divided by resistance
87. Electronics components &
batteries supplier based in Japan
89. Boob tube (abbr.)
90. Test point (abbr.)
92. Small unit of capacitance
(abbr.)
94. Spurious RF products created by metal joints (abbr.)
95. Chemical symbol for lithium
97.
Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)
98. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor
100.
A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)
102. Network department (abbr.)
103. Chemical symbol for polonium
105. Chemical symbol for thallium
106. Chemical symbol for argon
108. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)
109. Unit of apparent power (abbr.) |
See solution below
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