RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle
October 2, 2016

For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new science themed crossword puzzle that has a theme related to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical words. You will never be asked the name of a movie star unless he/she was involved in a technical endeavor (e.g., Hedy Lamarr). Enjoy!


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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle for October 2, 2016 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. One port on a BJT

6. Filter type with high rate of out-of-band attenuation (aka 'elliptic') (pl.)

10. Digital voltmeter (abbr.)

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

13. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

15. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

17. Beat frequency oscillator (abbr.)

19. Part of this website's title

20. European equivalent to the U.L.

21. Chemical symbol for neon

22. Computer "brain" (abbr.)

24. Radio navigation system (abbr.)

25. Physical platform configuration stable on all surfaces (pl.)

26. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

28. Chemical symbol for tantalum

30. Intentionally blocked communications signals

34. Memory type of yore

38. Chemical symbol for arsenic

39. 5,280 feet

40. Physical process by which the particles of different substances stick together

44. Radio term for "Will Comply"

46. Its chemical symbol is Sb

48. Impenetrable physical barrier

51. Type of flip-flop

52. What common optical device produces images by reflection

53. Computer display unit (pl.)

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

58. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

60. The quality factor of a component under operating conditions (1 wd. + 1 ltr.)

64. Sent a file over a network (abbr.)

67. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

68. Chemical symbol for europium

69. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

70. Galilean moon

71. Direction of carbon fiber strands

74. Morse Code for "from"

75. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

77. Test equipment (abbr.)

78. Type of data conversion device (acr.)

80. Unit of current

81. Emit electromagnetic energy

1. Type of high-tech data gathering system (abbr.)

2. Opposite of O.D.

3. Television Interference (abbr.)

4. Chemical symbol for thulium

5. Describes an amplifier capable of tolerating any complex source/load impedence

7. Type of current flow (abbr.)

8. Universal Asynchronous Transmit/Receive (abbr.)

9. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)

12. Chemical symbol for californium

14. Base of the decimal number system

16. Its chemical symbol is Ce

18. Exponent that returns the original number

20. RF ____, the world's best engineering website

22. Chemical symbol for cobalt

23. Chemical symbol for palladium

27. Unit for 1,000,000 watt-seconds (abbr.)

29. Determine cause and effect

31. Network controller

32. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)

33. Force required to impart an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second to a mass of one gram

35. Chemical symbol for bismuth

36. Mr. Pascal's first name

37. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

41. Type of current

42. Chemical symbol for holmium

43. Cause a voltage or current waveform to gradually die out

44. Write-Once (abbr.)

45. One port of an amplifier

47. Ham abbreviation for transceiver

48. Chemical symbol for silicon

49. Chemical symbol for argon

50. Added a termination

54. Islands On The Air (Ham term)

55. Type of component package (abbr.)

57. Region of the ionosphere found approximately 55 to 90 miles above Earth; it fades away a few hours after sunset (hyph.)

59. The computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey

61. Switch position

62. A common battery cell size

63. Sequence of items such as packets or print jobs waiting to be processed

64. ___-back transformer

65. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)

66. Weatherproof cover for a radar antenna

72. PC follower

73. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

76. Chemical symbol for strontium

78. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

79. Chemical symbol for calcium


See solution below

 

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RF & Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for October 2, 2016 - RF Cafe