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Electronics Abbreviations Puzzle
February 1959 Popular Electronics

February 1959 Popular Electronics

February 1959 Popular Electronics Cover - RF CafeTable of Contents

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Popular Electronics, published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

This "Electronics Abbreviations Puzzle" appeared in the February 1959 issue of Popular Electronics magazine. As the title suggests, answers to the clues are entered into the Across / Down grid in the form of abbreviations - not whole words. That makes it a bit more challenging, but the puzzle's low density grid makes it not so difficult. John Comstock, creator, provided many such puzzles to PE readers over the years. Unlike the weekly crosswords from RF Cafe that use only relevant technical words, this one uses some common words unrelated to electronics and science to fill in where needed. It's still a good puzzle, though. Print it out for use during your next boring meeting or 12-hour flight to China. A list of many other puzzle from Popular Electronics and Electronics World is presented at the bottom of the page. Have fun.

Crossword Puzzle from the February 1959 Popular Electronics - RF Cafe

Across

1  Clipper.

3  Electronic generator of frequencies.

5  Type of radio circuit.

6  Number of cycles completed in one second.

8  Circuit consisting of resistance and capacitance.

9  No connection exists.

10  Symbol for d.c. screen grid voltage.

12  Unilateral device that converts a.c. to pulsating d.c.

14  Type of electron beam modulation.

16  Cell which generates voltage when exposed to light radiation.

17  Electrical effect produced by light.

19  Sensitivity rating given to meters

22  Governmental agency that regulates radio and wire transmissions in the United States.

25  In audio frequency circuit, power expressed in vu or db.

27  Transmission and reception of pictures by means of r.f. waves traveling through space or over wires.

29  In electron tube terminology, output power of tube.

30  Single cotton-covered wire.

31  System of reducing channel width in radio broadcasting.

33  In radar terminology, width of pulse.

34  Audio stage in transmitter that superimposes intelligence signal on carrier frequency.

36  Microgroove record or record with extended play.

38  R.F. band from 30 to 300 kc.

39  One-thousandth of a volt.

40  Class of amplification.

By John A. Comstock

Down

1  TV receiver service control that adjusts scanning.

2  Million cycles.

4  In communications, that which carries intelligence from point to point.

5  Product of capacitance times resistance in circuit.

7  Second winding of transformer.

8  Receiver.

11  Flashes from this device may be used to measure rotation speed of turntable.

12  Method of obtaining increased gain from amplifier.

13  Wire covered with varnish-like substance.

15  Package of interconnected electronic components.

18  Switch having single pole and two different throw positions.

20  Variable frequency oscillator.

21  Circuit etched on insulator plate.

23  Element in transistor that receives electrons transmitted from emitter.

24  Opposite of negative.

25  Electromechanical device used in auto radios to convert d.c. to a.c.

26  Circuit consisting of coil and capacitor.

28  Familiar type of meter used in servicing electronics gear.

30  Short -wave listener.

32  Frequency band immediately above u.h.f. region.

35  Modulation very similar to FM.

37  Electronic addressing system.


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- September 1958 Radio & TV News

- October 1957 Popular Electronics

- November 1957 Popular Electronics

- January 1974 Popular Electronics

- November 1958 Popular Electronics

- January 1965 Electronics World

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- January 1960 Electronics World

- December 1957 Popular Electronics

- February 1966 Popular Electronics

- September 1957 Popular Electronics

- December 1960 Popular Electronics

- August 1958 Popular Electronics

- June 1959 Electronics World

- July 1960 Electronics World

- September 1965 Electronics World

- August 1962 Electronics World

- May 1958 Radio News

- November 1958 Radio News

- April 1963 Electronics World

- July 1961 Electronics World

- July 1963 Electronics World

- May 1967 Electronics World

- August 1960 Popular Electronics

- March 1973 Popular Electronics

- June 1966 Popular Electronics

- April 1959 Popular Electronics

- January 1963 Electronics World

- October 1961 Electronics World

- February 1959 Popular Electronics

- December 1965 Electronics World

- September 1960 Electronics World

- July 1958 Radio & TV News

- April 1967 QST

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- October 1963 Electronics World

- May 1963 Electronics World

- October 1960 Electronics World

- July 1971 Radio-Electronics

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- August 1958 Radio News

- July 1945 Radio-Craft

 

 

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