April 4, 2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
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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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- Nov 28, Nov 21, Nov 14, Nov 7
- Oct 31, Oct 24, Oct 17, Oct 10, Oct 3
- Sep 26, Sep 12, Sep 5
- Aug 29, Aug 22
- Jul 25, Jul 18, Jul 11, Jul 4
- Jun 27, Jun 20, Jun 13, Jun 6
- May 30, May 23, May 16, May 9, May 2
- Apr 25, Apr 18, Apr 11, Apr 4
- Mar 28, Mar 21, Mar 14, Mar 7
- Feb 28, Feb 21, Feb 14, Feb 7
- Jan 31, Jan 24, Jan 17, Jan 10, Jan 3

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle, April 4, 2010

ACROSS

1. Advanced + ____ + _________ + Rental, TE rental company in San Dego, CA
7. Chemical symbol for silicon
9. Bulletin Board System
11. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)
12. Chemical symbol for selenium
13. Closed Circuit Television
15. Unit of length (abbr.)
17. Isolator, oscillator vendor in Tampa, FL
20. Mass unit (abbr.)
21. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)
23. PC follower
24. Logical negation operator
26. Stock symbol for Intel
29. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
30. One state of matter (pl.)
32. ______, passive RF component manufacturer in Huntersville, NC (1 wd + 1 abbr.)
34. Adjust a pot
35. Miniature RF connector
37. Singulated piece of IC wafer
38. Its chemical symbol is Co
42. Chemical symbol for polonium
44. RF IC manufacturer headquartered in South Korea (abbr.)
48. Transition from solid to liquid phase
51. Angular speed unit
52. Last statement in a BASIC program
54. Software function selection mechanism
55. Retain a charge
57. Type of modulation (abbr.)
58. Go beyond published limits
60. Type of computer display (abbr.)
62. Substrate for mounting components (abbr.)
64. Miniature threaded RF connector
66. First lines in software that call external libraries
69. Classical physics guy, British
72. Big Blue
74. International Amateur Radio Union (abbr.)
76. Motorola's "Digital ___"
77. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
79. Mr. de Forest's first name
80. Chemical symbol for rhodium
81. Million multiply accumlate operations (abbr.)
83. Chemical symbol for bromine
84. Apollo 11 astronaut ____ Armstrong
87. European equivalent to the U.L.
88. Personal Digital Cellular
90. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
91. Abbreviation for peak voltage
92. The common connection for all parts of a circuit that connect to the negative side of the power supply, 2 wds.
DOWN

1. Electronic assembly transport container (pl.)
2. Chemical symbol for erbium
3. ARRL's magazine
4. UMTS terrestrial radio access (abbr.)
5. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)
6. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
7. Chemical symbol for scandium
8. Network department (abbr.)
9. RF engineer's degree
10. Diode type with very low forward voltage drop
13. Common gateway interface (abbr.)
14. ______ Telecom, waveguide components manufacturer in Melbourne, Australia; also, a mathematical quantity that has both direction and magnitude
15. Designation for a DoD-defined component or system (hyp.)
16. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)
18. Amateur Television (abbr.)
19. Termination
22. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)
24. Chemical symbol for neodymium
25. Adjusts
27. Unit of time (abbr.)
28. Company that leases lab equipment, in Lake Mary, FL (abbr.)
31. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)
33. 12 inches (pl.)
36. Airflow rate (abbr.)
39. Filter type (abbr.)
40. Instrument for measuring current
41. ________ + Standard Circuits, maker of high frequency PCBs, in Chicago, IL
43. Exponent that returns the original number
45. Chemical symbol for helium
46. Foot/12
47. Chemically reacted to harden
49. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
50. Total radiated power (abbr.)
53. Part of CAD
56. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)
59. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)
61. L-C resonating circuit
63. 10 decibels
65. Chemical symbol for argon
67. 10^1 numerical prefix
68. Type of memory
70. One of the Ws in WWW
71. Rechargeable battery type (abbr.)
73. Type of capacitor dielectric
75. Internet address (abbr.)
78. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor (pl.)
81. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.
82. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)
85. 1.602E-19 Joules
86. Internet protocol (abbr.)
87. Chemical symbol for cesium
89. Chemical symbol for chromium


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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle, April 4, 2010