2/10/2002 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS 1 Type of overvoltage protection 8 Drawing 15 Large marine mammal 16 Honey insect 18 Smeared 19 Delighted 20 Terminations 22 Fresh-water fish 24 Near to 25 Alcohol, MEK or naphtha, for instance 27 Component of product cost 29 Modern battlefield tactic, abbr. 31 Long sides of right triangles 34 Opposite of a LO 35 Section of a circle 37 ___ Frequency Control, Holly Springs, PA 38 Not good 39 Sesame plant 40 Incendiary jellylike substance 42 Semiconductor manufacturer 44 Web's most popular RF site 46 Pluck 47 Printer manufacturer 49 Heat sink vendor in Laconia, NH 50 Simulated military operation 51 Change connector type 56 Decree 57 The "S" in SSI 62 Element first observed on the sun 64 Insect 65 Set a steady-state voltage 66 High-speed logic family 67 Revolution 69 Unit of work 70 Amateur radio enthusiast 71 PC follower 72 World's most prestigious (and lowest paying) profession 76 Perform 77 Government lawyer, abbr. 78 Mean, geometric, rolling, etc. 79 Type of current flow 81 Filter manufacturer in San Juan Capistrano, CA 83 Wrong 84 RF Cafe webmaster 86 Multiplier 88 Antenna, abbr. 89 Middle 91 Shift into a higher gear 92 Hero of the Odyssey	DOWN 1 Trim pot turning direction 2 Used test equipment vendor 3 Earthen pot 4 Ire 5 Manufacturer of project boxes 6 Chemical symbol for arsenic 7 Antenna vendor in Cohasset, MA 9 Network department 10 Microelectronics manufacturer 11 Toothed wheels 12 Speed contest 13 Part of verb to be 14 Possessive form of me 16 Threaded fastener 17 Paradise 20 Survey 21 Limit with a diode 23 Averages 25 Junk e-mail 26 Former Russian ruler 28 Used lubricant 30 Enclose in paper 32 Yellow of an egg 33 Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier, abbr. 34 High fidelity 36 Microprocessor 39 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet 41 Army-Navy spec 42 RF component supplier (now L3-COM) 43 Act together 45 Super glue, abbr. 47 Software engineering tool 48 Nordic Mobile Telephone 51 In front 52 Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone 53 Entirely 54 Ratio of circumference to diameter 55 Adjust a variable cap 57 "+" or "-" 58 1/000 of an amp 59 Powdery residue 60 Have a positive phase wrt a reference 61 Type of semiconductor 63 1000000 prefix 65 Soft cheese 68 Exclamation of acclaim 69 Units of work 72 3rd planet 73 Electric enclosure standard setter 74 The Orient 75 Ratios of output to input power 77 Data conversion devices 80 Computer displays 81 Once around the circuit 82 Colorful form of the common carp 84 Scrambling code essential 85 Golfers mound 86 Upper frequency, abbr. 87 "__ & Microwaves" magazine 89 Type of model airplane control system, abbr. 90 Type of flip-flop
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