RF & Microwave Crossword Puzzle
March 23, 2014

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RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle for March 23, 2014 - RF Cafe

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1. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

4. Concentric cable type

8. Silicon transistor type

11. International Telecommunications Union

12. Last statement in a BASIC program

13. Constellation : The lion

15. BASIC looping keyword

16. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)

17. Chemical symbol for chromium

18. Ham abbreviation indicating contacts with all major land masses

21. Chemical symbol for erbium

22. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)

23. Aircraft tracking system

25. Does a total memory transfer

26. Chemical symbol for francium

27. Start frequency (abbr.)

28. Logic gates

29. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)

31. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

33. Chemical symbol for magnesium

34. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)

37. Chemical symbol for arsenic

39. Chemical symbol for lutetium

40. Transformer interwinding connection

43. Crystal surface

45. State _______ - A type of drawing used in computer science and related fields to describe the behavior of systems

46. It can follow an MS (pl.)

47. Dimension from wing LE to TE

48. Generated an official engineering change document

49. Low altitude earth orbit

50. Describes affordable RF components (2 wds.)

54. Technical drawing structure

56. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)

57. Chemical symbol for erbium

58. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

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

60. Unit of time (abbr.)

61. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

63. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

65. Its chemical symbol is Ar

66. Chemical symbol for beryllium

67. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)

69. A major search engine

71. The "S" in SOIC

73. Exponent that returns the original number

76. Part of a FOR loop

78. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

79. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

80. 10 decibels

82. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)

83. Compound used as the frequency determining element in microwave oscillators

85. Multiplexer (abbr.)

86. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)

87. Miniature threaded RF connector

88. Having a positive phase wrt a reference

89. Positive voltage lead color

1. Rechargeable battery type (abbr.)

2. Push to Talk (abbr.)

3. Mate to a bolt

4. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

5. Opposite of I.D.

6. Chemical symbol for aluminum

7. Mr. de Forest's first name

8. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr.)

9. Type of logic gate

10. Cambridge University _____, technical book publisher

12. Exalted-Carrier Single Sideband (abbr.)

14. Using a logical connection scheme for redundant power supplies

18. World Amateur Radio Conference

19. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

20. With 23 Down, the world's best engineering website

23. With 18 Down, the world's best engineering website

24. Type of flip-flop

30. Type of Morse Code key (pl.)

32. Conductor size unit (abbr.)

33. Superior magnetic shielding material

34. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

35. Crystal face

36. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)

38. Chemical symbol for silicon

39. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

40. Quantity of heat equal to 100,000 BTU

41. Summed

42. Unit of time (abbr.)

44. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

46. Short for potentiometer

49. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

51. Type of logic gate

52. Type of computer display (abbr.)

53. Type of component package (abbr.)

55. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

60. 1

61. Electric enclosure standard organization (abbr.)

62. Not hot

64. Heat-resistant glass type

65. Molecular building blocks

66. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

68. Chemical symbol for chlorine

70. Used lubricant

72. Modulation type (abbr.)

74. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

75. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

77. Lubricant

79. Cable termination type

80. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)

81. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)

84. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

85. Chemical symbol for manganese


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RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for March 23, 2014 - RF Cafe