Engineering Crossword Puzzle
May 27, 2012

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.
2012 Crosswords Archive
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Engineering Crossword Puzzle for May 27, 2012 - RF Cafe


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1. Chemical symbol for bromine
2. Unit of inductance (pl.)
11. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
13. International phonetic alphabet letter "O"
14. Adjusts
15. Modulation type (abbr.)
17. Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (abbr.)
18. Logical gate type (pl.)
19. Chemical symbol for iron
20. Imaging device (abbr.)
22. Chemical symbol for silicon
23. 10 decibels
25. Chemical symbol for neptunium
26. Unit of frequency
27. Type of logic gate
28. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
30. 1e-6 mA
31. Chemical symbol for silver
32. Ham's code for "What is the name of your station?"
34. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)
37. Chemical symbol for gallium
39. Inventor of the high voltage generator that powers the Jacob's Ladder (2 wds.)
40. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
41. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)
42. A common battery cell size
43. Chemical symbol for radium
45. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
46. Adds an impurity to a semiconductor
50. Opposite of a LO
52. Antenna (abbr.)
54. Type of component package (abbr.)
56. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)
57. 300 kHz to 3 MHz
59. Negation prefix
61. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)
62. 3-phase transformer configurations
64. R.A. ____, RF consultants
66. Greek letter
67. Useful distance between Tx and Rx
68. Graphics workshop software
69. Chemical symbol for xenon
70. Overlapping "piconets"
71. One port of an amplifier
1. Color representing "0"
2. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor
3. Advanced Communication Technologies and Services (abbr.)
4. Stock symbol for National Instruments
5. Type of logic gate (pl.)
6. Ethoxyethane
7. Stock symbol for Raytheon
8. Its chemical symbol is Fe
9. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)
10. "Texting" (abbr.)
12. Prefix meaning "to squeeze"
16. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
19. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
21. Dilbert's dog
23. Stock symbol for Boeing
24. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
26. First man to orbit the earth - Yuri ...
28. Mr. Packard's (HP) first name
29. Length times width (pl.)
31. Online service
32. Ham's code for "Are you busy?"
33. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
35. Enhanced Graphics Adapter
36. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)
38. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)
44. The base of a number system
47. Switch position
48. Device used to make contact with a point to be measured
49. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
51. Negatively charged ion
53. Chemical symbol for niobium
54. Short for synchronous
55. 1000000 prefix
57. Name given to the most frequently occurring number in a series of numbers
58. 12 inches
60. Shorthand for oxygen
62. Akin to WAC, only just in America
63. Adjust a pot
64. Computer interconnection scheme (abbr.)
65. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)



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Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for May 27, 2012 - RF Cafe