Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle
February 28, 2016

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

Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle for February 28, 2016 - RF Cafe

1. Mr. Ohm's first name

5. One port on a BJT (pl.)

10. Ultraviolet (abbr.)

11. Facsimile

13. NASA's manned space capsule series that followed Mercury

16. Alternative name for a pi meson

17. 1/000 of an inch

19. Thing in a bill of material

20. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

21. Steel, brass, aluminum, etc.

24. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronics (abbr.)

25. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

26. The Microwave Office software company, now NI (abbr.)

27. One port of an amplifier

29. Chemical symbol for argon

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

31. Chemical symbol for californium

33. Maximum Usable Frequency

35. Web's most popular radio frequency engineering site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

38. Chemical symbol for calcium

40. Steady-state voltage reference

42. Ham radio organization (abbr.)

43. Type of component package (abbr.)

45. Bores a hole

47. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

49. Chemical symbol for nickel

50. Exponent that returns the original number

51. Network department (abbr.)

53. Ground fault interrupter (abbr.)

55. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)

56. Opposite of I.D.

58. Online service (abbr.)

60. Creates a code version of a semiconductor device

63. Stock symbol for Harris Communications

64. Title of the magazine where Ralphie stuffs a Red Ryder BB gun ad for his mother to see

66. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)

67. Name given to moderator cylinder used in nuclear reactor (pl.)

68. Network device that takes commands from another similar device (pl.)

71. Type of data conversion device (acr.)

73. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

74. Mr. Packard's (HP) first name

75. _____ conductor

1. Bushing used to direct the path of a pushrod

2. Electronic Variable Optical Attenuator (abbr.)

3. Portion of EM spectrum below microwaves

4. Software role playing type

6. Chemical symbol for silver

7. Chemical symbol for selenium

8. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

9. Real estate where radio equipment is located

12. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.)

14. Electric enclosure standard organization (abbr.)

15. Apply (as a voltage)

16. Parts per million (abbr.)

18. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

21. Microwaves & RF magazine (abbr.)

22. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

23. Add two or more inputs

26. Describes continuously varying signals

28. Heat-shrink ______, for insulating solder joints

30. Co-channel rejection ratio (abbr.)

32. A BPF specification (abbr.)

34. Software storage unit

35. Lines extending out from center

36. Chemical symbol for francium

37. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

39. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

41. Chemical symbol for aluminum

44. Chemical symbol for manganese

46. Plural of 47 across

48. Design for Manufacturability (abbr.)

52. Device to assist in the performance of a chore

54. Galilean moon

55. Encases in a protective covering

56. The highest numerical exponent describes this property of a polynomial

57. Satellite TV system

59. Termination

61. Type of current

62. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

63. Majority carrier in p-type material

65. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

69. 1.602E-19 Joules

70. Chemical symbol for silicon

72. Chemical symbol for copper

See solution below

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