Microwaves Themed Crossword Puzzle
April 10th, 2022

Here is your custom made Microwaves-themed crossword puzzle for April 10th, 2022. All RF Cafe crossword puzzles are custom made by me, Kirt Blattenberger, and have only words and clues related to RF, microwave, and mm-wave engineering, optics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical subjects. As always, this crossword contains no names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort unless it/he/she is related to this puzzle's technology theme (e.g., Reginald Denny or the Tunguska event in Siberia). The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate the effort. Enjoy!


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

Microwaves Theme Crossword Puzzle for April 10th, 2022 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Like a small DMM (hyph.)
7. Range of frequencies
13. Read-only (abbr.)
14. 1E6 bits per second
15. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.)
17. The "W" in BAW
18. Chemical symbol for selenium
20. Switch configuration (abbr.)
24. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)
26. Ability to store a charge
32. Internet protocol (abbr.)
34. Cause a voltage or current waveform to gradually die out
35. International phonetic alphabet letter "P"
37. Write-Once (abbr.)
38. Use a squeezing tool for attaching a wire lug
40. Chemical symbol for francium
41. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
43. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
45. Thread cutting tools
46. Project box
47. Prefix for font without serifs
49. Automatic Testing, Evaluation & Reporting (abbr.)
50. Automatic Testing, Evaluation & Reporting (abbr.)
51. 10E-12 numerical prefix
53. "The butthead astronomer" (dubbed by Apple dev team)
58. Transportation accident investigation agency (abbr.)
60. A type of capacitance or inductance
62. Chemical symbol for silicon
63. Chemical symbol for selenium
64. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (acr.)
66. Type of modulation (abbr.)
67. Time Division Multiple Access
69. Stock symbol for Linear Technologies
70. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
73. Streams of electrons (2 wds., pl.)
78. CB slang for policeman
81. Last keyword in a BASIC subroutine (pl.)
83. Chemical symbol for scandium
84. Quantum electron property
87. Opposite of USB
89. Steady-state voltage reference
91. Network department (abbr.)
92. Adjust circuit parameters for best performance
93. An electron tube in which bunching of electrons is produced by electric fields, used in radars & microwave ovens
1. Communication between stations by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere
2. Nordic Mobile Telephone
3. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)
4. Founder of the ARRL (3 wds.)
5. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)
6. Type of current
7. Chemical symbol for silicon
8. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)
9. Mathematical calculation of RF component string (2 wds.)
10. Boob tube (abbr.)
11. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)
12. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)
13. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)
16. Greek letter
19. International phonetic alphabet letter "E"
21. Decimeter (abbr.)
22. Chemical symbol for gallium
23. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
25. Type of component package (abbr.)
26. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)
27. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
28. Mr. Gauss' first name
29. Transformer interwinding connections
30. Chemical symbol for neptunium
31. Governmental agency that monitors pollution (abbr.)
33. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)
34. Introduce unintended amplitude changes
36. The "As" in GaAs
37. Computer interconnection scheme (abbr.)
39. Have a chemically induced effect
40. A BPF specification (abbr.)
42. Chemical symbol for gold
44. Components
45. SIP x 2
48. Miniature RF connector
52. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)
54. Type of flip-flop
55. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)
56. Mechanical engineering organization (abbr.)
57. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo
59. Half of DSB
61. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
65. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
66. Facility where semiconductors are manufactured (pl.)
68. PC follower
69. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
71. Meet all test requirements
72. ________ _____ - Degrees of separation between two lines meeting at a common vertex (2 wds., abbr.)
74. Chemical symbol for holmium
75. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)
76. Mate to a TX
77. Chemical symbol for radon
79. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
80. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)
81. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)
82. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss
85. Ratio of circumference to diameter
86. Chemical symbol for nickel
87. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
88. Chemical symbol for berkelium
89. Word used in describing 2-D and 3-D object dimensions; i.e., 10 mm __ 25 mm
90. PC follower

See solution below

 

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Microwaves Theme Crossword Puzzle Solution for April 10th, 2022 - RF Cafe