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This custom RF Cafe electronics-themed crossword puzzle for April 9th, Easter
Sunday, contains words and clues which pertain exclusively to the subjects of
electronics, science, physics, mechanics, engineering, power distribution,
astronomy, chemistry, etc. It'll keep you busy while the kids hunt for Easter
eggs. As always, this crossword contains no names of politicians, mountain
ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort unless
it/he/she is related to this puzzle's technology theme. You might, however,
encounter the name of a movie star like
Hedy Lamarr
or a geographical location like
Tunguska,
Russia, for reasons which, if you don't already know, might surprise you. The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate
the effort. 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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1. Initial current when a motor is first turned
on
5. Mr. Arrhenius' first name
10. x, y, or z on Cartesian coordinates
11. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)
13. Ham's code for "Answer in prearranged
order."
14. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)
15. Circuit boards (abbr.)
18. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)
20. Logic family (abbr.)
22. Increase voltage
linearly
24. Chemical symbol for neodymium
26. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
27. Microwaves & RF magazine (abbr.)
28. Millennial calamity that wasn't
29. Tie a bundle of wires together
31. Unlicensed radio type for personal and
business use (abbr., pl.)
33. Chemical symbol for helium
34. Crystal oscillator
(abbr.)
35. Current-voltage phase mnemonic
36. Network department (abbr.)
37. Digital pattern coding type (abbr.)
39. Minutes of Use (abbr.)
40. Type
of logic gate
41. Type of memory
42. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania
region (abbr.)
43. Very small aperture terminal
45. Be behind in phase
48. Unit of time (abbr.)
49. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)
51. Provider of services
for telecommunications systems in Switzerland
52. Chemical symbol for californium
53. Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
54. Bandwidth (abbr.)
55. Software drafting tool
(abbr.)
56. Chemical symbol for antimony
57. Logic family
61. Nearest and
furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit (pl.)
63. Like the morning son in the east (past tense)
65. 3-phase transformer configuration
67. What is the name of the third series in the spectrum of hydrogen
69. Imaging
device (abbr., pl.)
71. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)
73. Slang for
transmitter and/or receiver
74. Unit of weight
76. Electronic component package
type (abbr.)
78. 30 MHz to 300 MHz
80. Ability of a receiver to reject signals
adjacent to tuned signal
83. A class of subatomic particles that are composed
of quarks and take part in the strong interaction (pl.)
84. The process by which
a body moves back and forth through a central neutral position
87. Arithmetic
Logic Unit (abbr.)
89. Printed Wiring Board (abbr.)
91. Lubricant
92. A
common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
95. Half of DSB
97. Frequency
98. Resistor used to drain voltage off of a high potential supply
102. BlackBerry
or Palm for example (abbr.)
103. Swiss mathematician who extensively studied
complex numbers
105. The "E" in BER
108. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards
109. Chemical symbol for arsenic
110. Antenna (abbr.)
111. Semiconductor and
calculator company (abbr.)
112. 10E1 numerical prefix (pl.)
114. Type of flip
flop
116. Image file format name extension, (pl.)
117. International Microwave
Symposium (abbr.)
118. European equivalent to the U.L.
120. Schema for computer
or device presentation to the operator (abbr.)
122. General Mobile Radio Service
(abbr.)
124. Chemical symbol for silicon
125. An unlicensed radio band in
the U.S. often used for walkie-talkies (abbr.)
126. Chemical symbol for thallium
127. Attenuator
129. Logical negation operator
131. Shorthand for oxygen
132. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor
133. Method of self-detection
and self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.)
134. PC follower
135.
Ham's code for "Are my signals fading?"
137. The "T" in ATE
139. The UK's
largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)
140. Electronic Variable Optical
Attenuator (abbr.)
141. Unit of energy
143. Chemical symbol for platinum
144. Divide a signal into into chunks for campling
146. Digital storage oscilloscope
(abbr.)
147. One type of electron spin
149. Release control over
151. Unit
of length (abbr.)
152. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.)
153. Fast Fourier
transform (abbr.)
156. Ad-hoc on demand distance vector (abbr.)
158. Electric
coronal discharge (pl.)
159. Mr. Fermi's first name |
2. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)
3. Integrated
radio front-end for the 300 MHz to 3 GHz band (abbr., 2 wds.)
4. Today's special
message to RF Cafers (2 wds.)
5. Half of a DIP
6. Measure of source/load match
7. Chemical symbol for thulium
8. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
9. Ham's
code for "Your net frequency is Low."
12. Opposite of O.D.
13. Ham's code
for "What is your location?"
16. Strong, lightweight wood
17. Miniature threaded
RF connector
19. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector
20. Time delay (abbr.)
21. Base of the binary number system
23. Substrate for mounting components (abbr.)
25. Logarithmic unit of power
26. Chemical symbol for selenium
27. Wire diameter
unit (abbr.)
30. High-speed logic family
32. System On Chip
33. Stock symbol
for Harris Communications
34. Type of 2-input logic gate that outputs a 1 when
the inputs are different
36. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)
38. 24 hours
40. Science of light transmission
41. Unit of length equal to
5.5 yards (pl.)
43. Voice of America
44. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)
46. High frequency semiconductor (abbr.)
47. CB slang for geographical location
49. Transformer interwinding connections
50. Chemical symbol for lead
51.
Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)
55. Computer Assisted Design and Development
56. Slow-scan television (abbr.)
57. Powers pneumatic devices
58. Groups of
8 bits
59. Filter type that blocks lower frequencies (abbr.)
60. Unit of inductance
(abbr.)
62. Band between RF and BB
64. Type of aircraft dope
66. End of
Life (abbr.)
68. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount
70. Logic family
72. Image
75. Mr. Bohr's first name
77. Internet address (abbr.)
79. Computer interconnection
scheme (abbr.)
80. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)
81. Multifunctional silicon
devices (abbr., pl.)
82. Type of electrical wire insulation
83. Maintains
a voltage for sampling
84. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star (pl.)
85. Mr. de Forest's first name
86. Input intercept point (abbr.)
88. A compiler
directive
89. It is the "P" in S2P
90. Maximally flat group delay filter function
93. Radio signal that propagates along the ground (2 wds.)
94. Semiconductor
lamp
96. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)
97.
Unit of weight (pl.)
99. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)
100. Aerodynamic
opposition to thrust
101. Part of this website's title
104. Line of Sight
(abbr.)
106. Type of data storage IC (pl.)
107. Service of the ARRL that helps
hams solve technical problems (abbr.)
109. A common battery cell size
113.
Hub of the solar system
115. Mass unit (abbr.)
116. Ham abbreviation for transceiver
117. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)
118. Logic gate output configuration
(abbr.)
119. List of answers to commonly desired information about a product
or service (abbr.)
121. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and
monitoring of everything (abbr.)
123. Converts electrical energy into mechanical
energy
124. Device for converting electrical signals into sound
125. Finite
Element Analysis (abbr.)
128. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)
130. Temporary
Engineering Change document (abbr.)
133. Wireless transmitting device that opens
a car door remotely
134. Chemical symbol for silver
136. Unit of heat
138.
3 GHz to 30 GHz
141. A keyboard key
142. Read-only (abbr.)
145. Maximum
voltage in a waveform
146. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
148. Unit
of capacitance (abbr.)
150. Electrical overstress (abbr.)
154. Start frequency
(abbr.)
155. Test point (abbr.)
157. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.) |
See solution below
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