RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle
February 24, 2013

2013 Crosswords Archive

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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle for February 24, 2013 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. A radio operator's name

4. Capacity for carrying current

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

10. Design for Manufacturability (abbr.)

11. Part of CAD

13. Ham's code for "Can you copy me?"

15. Nano___, a cylindrical form of graphene

17. Search engine

18. One port of an amplifier

19. The "brains" of parallel processing computers

21. Chemical symbol for neon

22. Chemical symbol for cobalt

23. Runge-_____ method in differential equations

25. Electronic assembly transport container (pl.)

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

28. Indium phosphide

29. Opposite of set

32. Type of flip-flop

33. Chemical symbol for berkelium

34. Chemical symbol for rubidium

35. Longitudinal shape-forming structural element

37. Equipment

38. Chemical symbol for lithium

40. Army-Navy specification prefix

41. A common battery cell size

42. This is a subatomic particle having a mass between that of an electron and a proton

43. Logic family

44. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

45. Quickly changing portions of waveforms

47. Base of the octal number system

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

50. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

51. Last keyword in a BASIC subroutine (pl.)

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

54. Volts, meters, pints, pounds, eg.

56. Unit of resistance (pl.)

59. Heatsink feature

61. Tool for holding parts while working on them (pl.)

62. Logarithmic reflectivity unit

64. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

66. Plane geometric figure having three straight sides and three angles

67. Electro-mechanical control devices

1. Form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules

2. Impurity in a semiconductor

3. 1/6 inch printer's measure

4. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)

5. A digital counter input line used to establish an initial value

6. Chemical symbol for cadmium

7. Unit of weight

9. Sets of 24-hour periods

10. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

12. Impurity in a semiconductor that adds a mobile electron in the conduction band

13. Ham's code for "Station is leaving the net."

14. Man who invented the steam engine and after whom the unit of power is named (2 wds.)

16. Balun with both ports unbalanced (pl.)

17. Chemical symbol for lutetium

18. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)

20. Hewlett's partner

23. He developed a law stating the sum of all currents into and out of a node is zero

24. Test point (abbr.)

25. Structures of columns and rows

26. Multiply out a factored expression

30. Chemical symbol for erbium

31. Chemical symbol for chromium

33. Chemical symbol for beryllium

36. Army-Navy specification prefix

37. Chemical symbol for gallium

39. Network department (abbr.)

41. Unwanted 60- or 120- Hz modulation due to poor power supply filtering (2 wds.)

42. A type of average (pl.)

43. Chemical symbol for silver

45. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic equipment (abbr.)

46. Adhering

48. A line on a map which joins points of equal pressure

49. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

51. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)

52. Unit of time (abbr.)

55. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

57. CPS

58. Miniature RF connector (pl.)

60. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

63. 1e-6 mA

65. Chemical symbol for arsenic


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RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle Solution for February 24, 2013 - RF Cafe