March 7, 2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
 

Note: A standard for crossword puzzles is when all words in a clue are capitalized, the solution is the abbreviation or acronym for that clue; e.g., Alternating Current = AC.

2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle 3-7-2010
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1. Angle described by hypotenuse/opposite sides of a right triangle
6. ______ Antenna Systems (formerly European Antennas)
10. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)
11. Cross __, coaxial cable and connector manufacturer in Lomita, CA
13. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)
15. Unit of time (abbr.)
17. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)
19. Chemical symbol for thulium
20. Chemical symbol for cesium
21. Chemical symbol for tantalum
22. Chemical symbol for beryllium oxide
24. Computer character set (abbr.)
25. _______ RF Systems, RF amplifier company in Inglewood, CA
26. Chemical symbol for rhodium
28. Chemical symbol for antimony
30. ______ Engineering, in Southbridge, MA
34. Surfaces
38. Chemical symbol for radium
39. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)
40. RF amplifier & attenuator company in Verona, NJ
44. Connector vendor headquartered in Bristol, PA
46. Describes a DC power line that has had noise removed
48. Class of spread spectrum (abbr.)
51. Chemical symbol for nobelium
52. Recover the modulation from the RF signal
53. Mr. Arrhenius' first name
56. 10^1 numerical prefix
58. Abbreviation for peak voltage
60. Maker of power meters located in Parsippany, NJ
64. RF IC manufacturer located in Dübendorf, Switzerland
67. Display type
68. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
69. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
70. Morse Code for "from"
71. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)
74. Chemical symbol for lithium
75. One state of matter
77. Unit of length (abbr.)
78. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)
80. Supress an oscillation
81. Integrate data onto a carrier wave
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1. An angle that has less than 90 degrees
2. Chemical symbol for chlorine
3. Crystal filter type (abbr.)
4. One port of an amplifier
5. Miscalculations
7. Method of connecting redundant power supplies
8. Greek letter
9. Amateur radio operators
12. Type of modulation (abbr.)
14. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)
16. Measure a waveform at regular intervals
18. Specialized Mobile Radio
20. Connector ____, coaxial connector & cable assembly vendor in Merlin, OR
22. Bandwidth (abbr.)
23. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
27. Abbreviation for Hertz
29. Type of ground strap wire
31. Very luminous
32. Radio Amateurs of Canada
33. International phonetic alphabet letter "K"
35. Type of current flow (abbr.)
36. Equivalent circuit type using a current source and parallel resistor
37. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
41. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
42. Unit of time (abbr.)
43. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr., pl.)
44. Chemical symbol for argon
45. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
47. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)
48. Chemical symbol for iron
49. Chemical symbol for selenium
50. Use the wheel on a mouse
54. Voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (abbr.)
55. 1.602E-19 Joules
57. Remove heat by shedding burned material
59. Attenuator
61. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
62. Opposite of I.D.
63. Mr. Bohr's first name
64. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)
65. Quickly changing portion of waveform
66. A type of average
72. 300 kHz to 3 MHz
73. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)
76. Chemical symbol for scandium
78. A BPF specification (abbr.)
79. Chemical symbol for palladium

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle Solution