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Axiom Test Equipment Crossword Puzzle
June 25, 2017

This week's engineering crossword puzzle features a theme based on the products and services offered by one of RF Cafe's supporting advertisers. Clues for words pertaining to the featured company are marked with an asterisk (*). As is the case every week, the puzzle contains only words pertaining to engineering, amateur radio, science, physics, mechanics, mathematics, etc. Contact me if you would like a custom crossword puzzle for your company.


Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is prohibited.

acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

Axiom Test Equipment Crossword Puzzle for June 25, 2017 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Network, digital, spectrum, etc. (pl.) offered by this week's featured company *

8. Between-series connectors

16. Equalizer (abbr.)

17. International phonetic alphabet letter "L"

20. _____ + 65 Across + 146 Down, this puzzle's theme company *

21. Chemical symbol for manganese

23. _____ delay, which describes the time taken for information to pass through a circuit element

24. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

25. Passing of a planet in front of the sun

28. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

29. Stock symbol for Boeing

31. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

33. Half of a DIP

34. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

35. Fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body

37. Time delay (abbr.)

38. Heatsink feature

39. One system's phonetic letter "z"

41. Chemical symbol for europium

42. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

44. Short for potentiometer

46. Big Dipper, Little Dipper, etc.

49. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

50. Smart filter

53. Chemical symbol for arsenic

55. Part of a male connector

56. Finite-Element Model

57. Type of current

59. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

60. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance

61. Electronic enclosure

62. Display type

65. 20 Across + ___ + 146 Down, this week's featured company *

67. Time Division Multiplexing

69. Digital encoding of the transmission mode in the vertical sync portion of an SSTV image (abbr.)

71. Chemical symbol for thallium

72. Physically connected groups of components

75. Chemical symbol for radium

76. Type Mylar airframe structure covering (2 words)

77. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

78. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

79. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

80. Circuit element connecting PCB layers

81. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)

83. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

85. Feedback system used to maintain constant level (abbr.)

86. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

87. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

88. Programmable _____, offered by this week's featured company (pl.) *

91. Device for converting electrical signals into sound (pl.)

94. 12 inches

96. Silicon transistor type

99. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

100. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

101. Switch position

102. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

103. Service offered by this week's featured company *

105. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)

106. Chemical symbol for berkelium

108. The Microwave Office software company (abbr.)

109. Chemical symbol for platinum

111. Dummy _____, offered by this week's featured company (pl.) *

113. Wavelength division multiplexing (abbr.)

115. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

116. ARRL's magazine

118. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

119. Related to FM by a differential

121. Network department (abbr.)

122. Surface Mount Technology

123. 24 hours

125. This calculus operation yields current through an inductor

127. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

129. High-speed logic family

131. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)

133. IC killer (abbr.)

134. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

136. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

137. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

138. Unit of time (abbr.)

139. Finite-Element Model

140. Unit of length (abbr.)

141. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)

142. The "D" in CD (pl.)

147. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

149. Powers pneumatic devices

150. Chemical symbol for cadmium

152. Common plastic insulation type (abbr.)

153. Mathematics of angles

155. Type of matrix barcode used with laser scanning(abbr.)

157. Type of current flow (abbr.)

158. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

161. Chemical symbol for calcium

163. Cooling device

165. Universal Asynchronous Transmit/Receive (abbr.)

167. Capacity for carrying current

170. Opposite of output

174. Chemical symbol for silicon

175. International Microwave Symposium (abbr.)

176. Unit of weight

179. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

180. Ratio of circumference to diameter

181. Variable Frequency Oscillator

184. Chemical symbol for cobalt

185. Balun with both ports unbalanced

186. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

187. Optical storage media

188. 1.602E-19 Joules

189. Instrument for measuring I, V, R, offered by this week's featured company *

193. Unit of time (abbr.)

195. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

196. "Texting" (abbr.)

197. 10 decibels (pl.)

198. Semiconductor lamp

199. Mathematical function used to divide a given function or continuous-time signal into different frequency components

202. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)

206. U.S. military organization (abbr.)

207. Network department (abbr.)

209. Antenna gain unit (abbr.)

211. Type of logic gate

212. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

213. Which uncharged subatomic particle has zero rest mass

215. Greek letter (micro)

216. Separate light into colors by refraction

218. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

219. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

220. Chemical symbol for lead

221. Add two or more inputs

222. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)

224. Chemical symbol for neodymium

225. The unit of electrical current

227. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

228. Popular computer device interface (abbr.)

230. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

231. Type of modulation (abbr.)

232. Internet address (abbr.)

234. Service offered by this week's featured company (pl.) *

236. Equalizer (abbr.)

238. Mr. Ohm's first name

240. Amateur radio operator who is qualified to administer Amateur Radio licensing examinations (abbr.)

241. Create a power supply output w/o a ground reference

244. Ham radio organization (abbr.)

246. Chemical symbol for lithium

247. Radiating devices offered by this week's featured company (pl.) *

248. Device that allows repeater users to make telephone calls through a repeater

2. Rubber type

3. Prefix meaning "water"

4. Ham-ese for Young Lady

5. Compress a computer file

6. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr., pl.)

7. Chemical symbol for radium

9. 10E1 numerical prefix

10. Wheel attachment point

11. Ratio of circumference to diameter

12. An array of 12 or 16 numbered keys that generate the standard telephone dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) dialing signals (2 wds.)

13. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

14. Electronic component package type (abbr.)

15. Chemical symbol for silver

18. Chemical symbol for chromium

19. Bluetooth network

22. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

25. Test point (abbr.)

26. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)

27. Chemical symbol for neptunium

28. Doing like a vector with a changing angle

29. Chemical symbol for bismuth

30. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

32. Flip-flop control input (pl.)

36. U.S. military organization (abbr.)

37. Causes a circuit breaker to open

38. What do we call any numerical quantity that is not a whole number

39. IC socket type for easy insertion & removal (abbr.)

40. Type of electrical measurement instrument offered by this puzzle's featured company (abbr.) *

41. Triboelectric phenomenon survivability tester type offered by this week's featured company (abbr.) *

43. Miniature RF connector

45. Signal _________, a common piece of test equipment offered by this week's featured company *

47. Experienced a sudden and temporary increase in voltage, current, or power

48. Chemical element abbreviated Sn

51. Part of a FOR loop

52. Amateur radio operator who is qualified to administer Amateur Radio licensing examinations (abbr.)

54. A service offered by this week's theme company *

58. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association

59. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)

62. Like a surface mount component

63. Centimeter (abbr.)

64. Logarithmic unit of voltage (abbr.)

66. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

67. L-C resonating circuits

68. Frequency band of instruments offered by this week's featured company *

69. Voice of America

70. System On Chip

72. Online service

73. Miniature threaded RF connector

74. Chemical symbol for lithium

77. Type of data storage IC (abbr.)

82. World's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers (abbr.)

84. Test equipment (abbr.)

86. Chemical symbol for nobelium

89. Type of logic gate

90. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)

91. Half of DSB

92. PC follower

93. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

94. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)

95. Electromagnetic surveillance thwarting technology

96. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)

97. 1e-6 mA

98. Oscillator type that is referenced to an external source (abbr.)

104. Small DIP package (abbr.)

105. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

107. Send Morse Code

108. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

110. Curve _______, a type of instrument offered by this week's featured company (pl.) *

112. Mass of an element

113. Weight (abbr.)

114. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)

116. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)

117. Test point (abbr.)

120. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

124. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

126. 10E1 numerical prefix

128. Decimeter (abbr.)

130. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

131. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

132. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)

133. A keyboard key

134. Chemical symbol for argon

135. The "A" in DARPA

143. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

144. Below ELF

145. Base of the decimal number system

146. 20 Across + 65 Across + _________, this week's featured company *

148. Type of computer display (abbr.)

149. A common battery cell size

151. 24 hours

152. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)

154. Chemical symbol for gallium

156. Increase voltage linearly

158. Ties a bundle of wires together

159. Chemical symbol for scandium

160. Input intercept point (abbr.)

162. Upper frequency (abbr.)

164. E=CM 2 guy

166. Type of flip-flop

168. Chemical symbol for palladium

169. Determined temporal distance between events

171. Short for potentiometer

172. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)

173. Load pull _____, instrument type offered by this week's featured company (pl.) *

174. _____ conductor

176. Time division duplex (abbr.)

177. First edition of a book, white paper, app note, etc.

178. Negation prefix

181. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

182. Unit of length (abbr.)

183. Lubricant

190. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

191. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

192. Its chemical symbol is Er

194. Fifth series in the spectrum of hydrogen

197. City in Colorado

200. Antenna test chamber

201. Aircraft navigation system (abbr.)

203. Morse Code for "from"

204. PC follower

205. Turn source into an executable file

206. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)

208. Miniature RF connector

209. Direct Digital Synthesis (abbr.)

210. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)

214. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

217. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

220. Greek letter often used to represent an angle

223. Modulation type (abbr.)

226. RF computer network

227. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

228. Unit of time (abbr.)

229. Instrument for measuring digital communications efficiency, offered by this week's featured company (abbr.) *

230. Transition from solid to liquid phase

232. PCB mask exposing ray (abbr.)

233. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)

235. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

237. Ham's code for "Shall I increase power?"

239. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

241. Unit of length (abbr.)

242. Switch position

243. Chemical symbol for tantalum

244. Chemical symbol for gold

245. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)


See solution below

 

2017 Crosswords Archive

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Axiom Test Equipment Crossword Solution for June 25, 2017 - RF Cafe

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