12/14/2005 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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Engineering & science crossword puzzle

ACROSS
1 RF connector manufacturer in Beverly, CA
13 Electronic warfare defense, abbr.
14 Symbol for tin
15 30 GHz to 300 GHz
17 Greek letter
20 Ham radio organization, abbr.
23 Unit of acidity
24 Common Object Request Broker Service
26 ns/1000
27 Modulation type, abbr.
29 Strong, lightweight wood
30 A Butterworth filter is called maximally ___
32 A capacitor dielectric type
34 A high voltage insulator compound
38 The WWW
42 Miniature threaded RF connectors
43 BER, 8 bits at a time
44 Mate to a bolt
45 Adds
46 Logarithmic unit of voltage, abbr.
48 Local Oscillator
49 PC follower
50 Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramic
52 European spectrum allocation agency, abbr.
54 Prefix meaning ground or earth
57 A continuous curve constructed so as to pass through a given set of points
59 Unit of force
60 MS database
62 Type of chart
63 Ham abbreviation for transceiver
65 Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moon bounce, abbr.
66 Unit of current
67 Boolean expressions
68 μA * 1000
69 Computer monitors, abbr.
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2 1.602E-19 joules
3 Test equipment, abbr.
4 Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word for Bill the Cat)
5 Electromagnetic
6 A capacitor quality specification
7 Carrier-to-Noise Ratio
8 One component of a complex number, abbr.
9 Unit of resistance
10 Noise figure, abbr.
11 European equivalent to the U.L.
12 ______ voltage: exhibited in some superconductors
16 Potentiometer adjustment knob attachment points
18 Galilean moon
19 Logarithmic ratio, abbr.
20 Chunk of space rock
21 PCB substrate
22 Super glue, abbr.
23 Small unit of time
25 Automatic Frequency Control
26 Rack components onto which meters, switches and TPs are mounted
28 One sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement
29 British Aerospace Electronics
31 Opposite of a high
33 Amplifier vendor in Santa Clara, CA
35 Intermodulation Distortion
36 Named a software object
37 FCC Part 15 rules apply here
39 Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)
40 A type of reactor
41 Electromagnetic Compatibility
47 Air intake
50 Use woven cord to bundle wires
51 Solid State PA
53 Short for terminal
55 Increase voltage linearly
56 Million Samples Per Second
58 RF switching diode, abbr.
61 Surface Mount Technology
64 Greek letter
65 Electromagnetic, abbr.


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