11/30/2005 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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Engineering & science crossword puzzle

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1 Premier zero-phase-hit oscillator vendor in Rockleigh, NJ (2 words)
11 Unit of current
12 Ratio of circumference to diameter
13 Chemical symbol for iron
14 Carrier-to-Noise Ratio
16 Hydrogen ____ cell
18 Network device
20 To not pass a production test
22 Band between RF and BB
24 Chemical symbol for tin
26 Low Noise Amplifier
28 Part of this website's name
29 Related to FM by a derivative
30 Code Division Multiple Access
32 RF resistor vendor in Boone, NC
34 Intermodulation Distortion
36 Internet mail protocol, abbr.
38 Electromagnetic Interference
39 Army-Navy spec., abbr.
40 One component of a fiberglass substrate
43 Mechanical drawing reference plane, abbr.
45 Part of a conditional statement, pl.
46 Logic gate where all 1s at the input generates a 1 at the output, pl.
48 Type of memory
49 Digital Communication System
51 Digital data storage unit
53 Home country of RF Cafe
54 Opposite of a "high"
55 Receiver front-end component
56 Coefficient of Lift
57 Reliability measure, abbr.
59 Antenna gain unit, abbr.
61 Type of digital filter topology, abbr.
62 Counter ElectroMotive Force
64 Type of chart
65 300 kHz to 3 MHz
67 A negatively charged ion
69 Front edge of a wing, abbr.
70 Online service
72 Measurement standard body, abbr.
74 A figure of merit in a receiver, abbr.
76 Official engineering change document, abbr.
78 Temperature-compensated Crystal Oscillator
79 Test Equipment
80 Super glue, abbr.
82 RF systems company in Rochester, NY, abbr.
84 Semiconductor and calculator company
85 Integrated Circuit
86 Short for terminal
88 _____-Carlo analysis
89 Cellular Digital Packet Data
91 Surface Mount Device
93 Type of flip-flop
94 Modulation type
95 Broadband Over Power Lines, a Ham's nemesis
97 Amplifier vendor in Souderton, PA
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1 Electromagnetic
2 Filter type, abbr.
3 Infinite resistance
4 1/000 of an inch
5 Wireless phone region
6 Popular science series on PBS
7 Switch position
8 Equipment
9 High-speed logic family, abbr.
10 Chemical symbol for tin
11 Dilbert's female co-worker
15 Increases voltage linearly
17 World's only remaining superpower
19 Boolean operator, pl.
21 Band between RF and BB, pl.
23 Frequency Division Multiple Access
25 Infrared
27 Home state of Los Alamos lab
29 4-letter abbreviation for Teflon
31 Fractions of a millennium
32 One port of an amplifier
33 Type of overvoltage protection circuit
34 One of the simple machines (a plane)
35 Type of current
37 Connector supplier in Oyster Bay, NY
39 Chemical symbol for arsenic
41 Electromagnetic, abbr.
42 Opposite of O.D.
44 30 kHz to 300 kHz
47 SSB x 2
48 Archaic unit of length
50 Received signal measurement that affects BER
52 Current-voltage phase mnemonic, abbr.
57 Extraction place for metal ores
58 Usually shares the dial with AM
60 Chemical symbol for indium
61 Galilean moon
62 European equivalent to the U.L.
63 An ellipse has two of them
64 Routes traveled by RF signals
66 A BPF spec.
68 Integrated Services Digital Network
69 Local Oscillator
71 As opposed to remote
73 Current-voltage phase mnemonic, abbr.
75 Noise Figure
77 A LP filter spec
78 End of soldering iron
81 Ham radio organization, abbr.
82 The most frequently occurring number in a series of numbers
83 Network configuration
84 Time Division Multiple Access
86 Time Division Multiplexing
87 Degree of IC sophistication, abbr.
89 Software engineering tool, abbr.
90 Relative power level unit, abbr.
92 1/000 of an amp
96 Unit of acidity


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