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For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new technology-themed
crossword puzzle using only words related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry,
physics, astronomy, etc. At least 10 clues in this puzzle with an asterisk (*)
are pulled from this past week's (10/23 - 10/27) "Tech Industry Headlines" column on
the RF Cafe homepage. Enjoy!
cruciverbalist:
[noun] cruci- ("cross") + verbal ("words") + -ist ("agent, person") -- A person who
constructs crosswords.
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe
is prohibited.
acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words
1. Test point (abbr.)
3. GSMA Puts out One Final Plea for
________ Sanity *
9. Growth Slows, But RF GaAs ______ Revenue Inches Higher *
13. Opposite
of a LO
14. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices
15. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
17. Type of logic gate
20. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
22. Target indication on a
radar display
24. Short for potentiometer
25. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)
27. Small
representative graphic
30. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo
31. Chemical
symbol for arsenic
32. Miniature RF connector
33. Navy Adds mmWave Radar to AGM-88B
Anti-Radiation _______ *
34. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr.)
36. Chemical
symbol for tin
37. Chemical symbol for cesium
38. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices
40. One of four of in the Cartesian coordinate system
45. 10E1 numerical prefix
48.
Chemical symbol for selenium
49. Unit of time (abbr.)
50. Concentric cable type
51.
Adverse property of Teflon (2 wds.)
52. A common battery cell size
54. Type of current
flow (abbr.)
56. Weight (abbr.)
57. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)
58. Probable location of an element's electron
63. Television Interference (abbr.)
64.
Unit of time (abbr.)
65. Chemical symbol for calcium
67. Telecommunications Information
Network Architecture (abbr.)
69. Chemical symbol for radon
70. Service of the ARRL that
helps hams solve technical problems (abbr.)
71. Service-Independent Building Blocks
73. 10E1 numerical prefix
75. Digital encoding of the transmission mode in the vertical
sync portion of an SSTV image (abbr.)
76. Chemical symbol for scandium
78. 1/000 of
an inch
79. A common battery cell size
80. Middle
81. Carbon Nanotubes Make Big Push
in Plasmonic ________ *
82. Chemical symbol for argon |
1. Quantity of heat equal to 100,000 BTU
2. Ratio of circumference
to diameter
4. Programmable logic device (abbr.)
5. Computer messaging service
6.
Chemical symbol for cadmium
7. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
8. Popular
computer device interface (abbr.)
10. Variable crystal oscillator (abbr., pl.)
11. Apple,
GE Join Forces on Industrial ___ Apps *
12. Chemical symbol for chromium
16. Compound
used as the frequency determining element in microwave oscillators
18. NI Offers Free NIDays
Tickets for Your Opinion on _______ *
19. Hz
21. Chemical symbol for holmium
23.
How is a number described if it is equal to the sum of all of its factors, excluding the number
itself
24. French mathematician and physicist who's name is used as a unit of gas pressure
26. Start frequency (abbr.)
28. European equivalent to the U.L.
29. Silicon transistor
type (abbr.)
32. The ___ Turns 40 *
35. Chemical symbol for nickel
36. Akin to dynamics,
with no movement
39. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)
40. China Speeds Ahead of
U.S. in _______ Tech, Worrying Scientists *
41. Country of RF Cafe's residency
42. Type
of current
43. MS database
44. Chemical symbol for nobelium
46. Chemical symbol for
cobalt
47. 30 kHz to 300 kHz
53. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)
55. One port of
an amplifier
56. Term used in soldering to achieve the condition that occurs when the metals
being soldered are hot enough to melt the solder so it flows over the surface
58. Switch
position
59. Half of the diameter (pl.)
60. Infrared (abbr.)
61. RF connector type
62. GM Brings _____ Development in House *
64. Concerns Raised over ____ Security Breaches
*
66. Powers pneumatic devices
68. Opposite of O.D.
70. Chemical element abbreviated
Sn
72. Broadband Signal Intrusion (abbr.)
74. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount
75. Amateur
radio operator who is qualified to administer Amateur Radio licensing examinations (abbr.)
77. Chemical symbol for chromium
78. Greek letter (micro)
79. A common battery cell
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