RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
February 26, 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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RF Engineering Crossword for 2/26/2012 - RF Cafe


ACROSS DOWN
1. Immense star system
5. Ceramic Dual Inline Package
10. A compiler directive
11. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency
14. 6th Greek letter
15. Chemical symbol for silicon
16. Integrated data onto a carrier wave
20. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
21. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)
22. Ham's code for "Are my signals fading?"
23. Half of a DIP
25. 1E6 nanoseconds
26. Error checking scheme (abbr.)
27. Logarithmic reflectivity unit
30. High-speed logic family
32. Very small aperture terminal
34. Geometrically defined figure with the same shape as a ring doughnut
36. Glue together
38. One port of an amplifier
39. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.)
40. Cable termination type
42. Chemical symbol for gallium
43. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
44. Corral transmitters on common frequencies to assure only one used at a time
46. One port of an amplifier
47. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
48. Short for terminal
49. Imaging device (abbr.)
50. Programmable logic device type (abbr., pl.)
52. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
53. Obect orientated programming term
55. Unit of current
57. Type of current
58. Chemical symbol for aluminum
59. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
61. Applied more signal than a circuit can handle
66. Stock symbol for Boeing
67. Chemical symbol for argon
68. Extract information from a modulated signal
69. Ham-ese for Young Lady
70. Numerical prefix meaning 10 (var.)
73. RF connector type
74. ____ Microwave, RF component company in FuJian, China
76. Mr. Morse's first name
77. Added two or more inputs
1. Mr. Kirchhoff's and Mr. Eiffel's first name
2. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)
3. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
4. Chemical symbol for arsenic
6. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)
7. Morse Code for "from"
8. Thing in a bill of material
9. Met all test requirements
11. A BPF specification (abbr.)
12. Chemical symbol for cobalt
13. Chemical symbol for cadmium
16. A keyboard key
17. Chemical symbol for niobium
18. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
19. Singulated piece of IC wafer
22. Ham's code for "Shall I stop sending?"
24. Substrate for mounting components (abbr.)
26. Unit of luminosity
27. Vector multiplication that returns a scalar value
28. Chemical symbol for bromine
29. International phonetic alphabet letter "Z"
31. Pertaining to Boolean operations
33. Greek letter, used to indicate summation
34. Multiplied by
35. Hub of the solar system (pl.)
37. Logic gates
39. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.)
41. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
45. Greek letter
49. Encased in a protective covering
50. Attenuator configuration (pl.)
51. "Texting" (abbr.)
54. Like a graph axis
56. Precision approach radar (abbr.)
60. Length times width
62. Test equipment (abbr.)
63. A feedback scheme to level out the receiver audio volume (abbr.)
64. Test equipment (abbr.)
65. Chemical symbol for erbium
66. 8 bits
71. Unit of length (abbr.)
72. Chemical symbol for gold
74. Unit of length (abbr.)
75. 1/6 inch printer's measure


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RF Engineering Crossword Solution for 2/26/2012 - RF Cafe