This custom RF Cafe electronics-themed crossword puzzle for May 28th contains
only words and clues which pertain strictly to the subjects of electronics, mechanics,
power distribution, engineering, science, physics, astronomy, chemistry, etc. If
you do happen see names of people or places, they are directly related to the aforementioned
areas of study. As always, you will find no references to numbnut movie stars or
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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words
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1. Cable television (abbr.) 5. Fuses metals together
using heat 8. Steady-state voltage reference 12. Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
(pl.) 14. Chemical symbol for gallium 15. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
17. Ad-hoc on demand distance vector (abbr.) 19. Asynchronous Communication Interface
Adapter (abbr.) 20. A coherent monochrome light source 21. Dimension from
wing LE to TE 22. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance 24. Network
department (abbr.) 25. Chemical symbol for thulium 26. Ovenized crystal oscillator
(abbr.) 27. Country of RF Cafe's residency 28. Test equipment (abbr.) 29.
Chemical symbol for dysprosium 31. Part of a FOR loop 32. Electrical safety
organization (abbr.) 33. Chemical symbol for gadolinium 35. Network department
(abbr.) 36. Unlicensed FCC Part 95 realm for personal and business radio use
(abbr.) 38. Chemical symbol for europium 39. Temporary Engineering Change
document (abbr.) 40. Unit of admittance 41. ______-board 44. Electronically
imaged a document 46. Gets zapped by a high voltage line 49. Transformer interwinding
connection 51. Chemical symbol for cesium 52. BS__ - the degree held by many
RF Cafe visitors 53. Finite-Element Model 54. RF connector type 56. Unit
of energy 58. Created upward force with an airfoil 59. Describes a wire with
a non-conductive coating around it 60. Aluminum Gallium Arsenide 61. Logical
negation operator 64. Agilent's (now Keysight) EE design software (abbr.)
66. Type of secondary radar system (abbr.) 68. 1.602E-19 Joules 70. PC follower
71. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.) 75. Mr. Fermi's first name 77.
Feature of PCB layout software that lays down traces automatically (pl.) 78.
Microwave substrate by Rogers 80. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.) 82. Below
ELF 84. Cyanide (abbr.) 85. Galilean moon 86. Test point (abbr.) 87.
Chemical symbol for arsenic 89. ________ _____ - Degrees of separation between
two lines meeting at a common vertex (2 wds., abbr.) 90. Filter type that blocks
lower frequencies (abbr.) 91. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
93. 1E6 nanoseconds 94. Mate to a bolt 96. Ham's code for "What is the correct
time?" 98. Unit of time (abbr.) 100. Chemical symbol for neon 101. Stock
symbol for Linear Technologies 102. Maximum voltages in a waveform 104. Type
of antenna (pl.) 105. Common mode ripple rejection (abbr.) 106. Applies a
lubricant 108. Chemical symbol for selenium 109. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform
(abbr.) 110. Switch configuration (abbr.) 112. Nuclear explosion byproduct
harmful to electronic (abbr., pl.) 113. Ratio of a mechanical drawing 114.
Active Electronically Scanned Array (abbr.) |
2. Type of current flow in semiconductor when breakdown
voltage is exceeded 3. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.) 4. Electrical unit
of potential difference 5. World Amateur Radio Conference 6. Computer communication
scheme (abbr.) 7. Miniature RF connector (pl.) 8. Frequency vs. amplitude
plot 9. Opposite of O.D. 10. He came up with 6.02E23 as the number of "entities"
in a mole of anything 11. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.) 13. Measure
a waveform at regular intervals 14. Mr. Ohm's first name 16. Graph 17.
______ House, technical book publisher 18. Semiconductor lamp 19. Duration
of transmission 23. Sampling rate pioneer 30. Flash of light which occurs
when an ionizing particle strikes a fluorescent screen 32. UMTS terrestrial radio
access (abbr.) 34. Type of data conversion device (abbr., pl.) 35. Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 37. ____-Einstein condensates 42.
CB slang for "affirmative" (2 wds., hyph.) 43. Radio signals from the cosmos
(abbr.) 44. Electronic document imager 45. Impurity in a semiconductor (pl.)
47. 1/100 meter (abbr.) 48. Wireless communications used by truckers (abbr. +
word) 50. Ratio of circumference to diameter 53. Chemical symbol for francium
54. Chemical element abbreviated Sn 55. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)
56. Enhanced Graphics Adapter 57. One state of matter 62. Sound frequency
in the human hearing range (abbr.) 63. Chemical symbol for cobalt 65. Secondary
cell using a liquid as an electrolyte (2 wds.) 66. Multifunctional silicon devices
(abbr.) 67. An ellipse has two of them 69. Telephony over computer networks
70. Advanced Research Projects Agency (abbr.) 72. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
(abbr.) 73. Greek letter (micro) 74. Between-series connector 76. System
for communicating between areas of a building or vessel 79. Bends electromagnetic
energy 81. The "N" in SNR (pl.) 83. One state of matter 86. L-C resonating
circuits 88. ESD protective apparel 92. Programmable Logic Device (abbr.)
93. Multiprotocol Label Switching (abbr.) 95. A compiler directive 97. Enter
data using the keyboard 99. Solid state power amplifier (abbr.) 100. Gun safety
and education organization (abbr.) 103. Very large unit of apparent power (abbr.)
107. Internet protocol (abbr.) 111. Morse Code for "from" |
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