December 6, 2009 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle


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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS
1. First name of a British scientist of falling apple fame
6. Electronic component package type (abbr.)
9. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)
12. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.)
17. Monte-_____ analysis
18. The "T" in ATE
20. Type of data conversion device (abbr., pl.)
21. Vibrations which travel through air, and to which our ears respond
22. Fuse metals together using heat
23. Adjacent Channel Power Ratio (abbr.)
24. RF coupler vendor in Bay Shore, NY
25. Popular cellphone modulation scheme (abbr.)
26. International phonetic alphabet letter "S"
28. Amateur Television (abbr.)
29. Name of the straight line joining the centre of a circle to the circumference
32. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)
33. Type of current flow (abbr.)
34. Infrared (abbr.)
36. Inductor
38. The "D" in RFID (pl.)
40. Resistor used to drain voltage off of a high potential supply
43. Workplace safety group (abbr.)
46. Company that leases lab equipment, in Lake Mary, FL (abbr.)
47. Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (abbr.)
48. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)
49. 1/000 of an inch
50. Transportation accident investigation agency (abbr.)
52. Changes from a "0" to a "1"
55. International Amateur Radio Union (abbr.)
56. Radio term for indicating the end of a transmission segment
59. Ham-ese for Young Lady
60. PC follower
61. Prefix for font without serifs
63. Remotely controls a missile
65. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)
66. Equivalent circuit type using a current source and parallel resistor
68. Cooling devices
69. Move in a raster pattern
71. The alternative name for a pi meson
73. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency reference oscillators (abbr., pl.)
75. Dilbert's female co-worker
76. Integrated Services Digital Network (abbr.)
77. Real estate where equipment is located
78. Scheduling graph types
80. Unit of force (pl.)
81. Japanese semiconductor & equipment manufacturer (abbr.)
82. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)
83. Exalted-Carrier Single Sideband (abbr.)
DOWN
1. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)
2. Crystal filter type
3. Amateur Radio Emergency Service (abbr.)
4. _____ Electronics, component distributor
5. Coder/decoder (abbr.)
6. Network configuration type (pl.)
7. ____ Electronics - RF/microwave components manufacturer in Denville, NJ
8. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)
9. Precision approach radar (abbr.)
10. Co-channel rejection ratio (abbr.)
11. First name of famous sci-fi writer
12. Computer character set (abbr.)
13. Mathematical operation concerned only with the remainder when one number is divided by another
14. Adds two or more inputs
15. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)
16. Time delay (abbr.)
19. PCB interconnect
20. Mr. Packard's (HP) first name
27. Spun on its axis
30. Another name for Sirius (2 wds.)
31. Type of transistor (abbr., pl.)
33. Metal mixture
35. Flip-flop control input
37. Leading and trailing edge frequency variation of a CW pulse
38. Stock symbol for Raytheon
39. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)
40. Base Station Transceivers (abbr.)
41. High voltage resistor manufacturer in Montreal, Quebec
42. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)
44. Miniature threaded RF connector
45. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)
51. Reflections of a radio wave off of an object
53. First American to orbit the earth - John ...
54. Lights
55. RF connector & cable vendor located in Farmingdale, NY
57. Tool for holding parts while working on them (pl.)
58. The stuff in the solder core
61. Type of optical network
62. Negatively doped silicon
63. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc.
64. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (abbr.)
66. Logical negation (pl.)
67. Logical gate type (pl.)
68. ___-back transformer
70. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
72. Type of digital filter (abbr.)
74. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)
75. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)
79. Chemical symbol for antimony


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