Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle
July 8, 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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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle for July 8, 2012 - RF Cafe


ACROSS DOWN
1. Entity created by virtue of a changing magnetic field (2 wds.)
9. The system than converts common website names to IP addresses (abbr.)
10. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)
12. 1/6 inch printer's measure
14. Chemical symbol for gallium
15. Designation for a DoD-defined component or system (hyp.)
19. Stock symbol for Boeing
20. Morse Code for "from"
21. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)
23. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
24. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)
26. Early predecessor to an online forum (abbr.)
27. A coherent monochrome light source (pl.)
29. Largest broadcaster in the UK (abbr.)
32. Opposite of encode
34. Image file format name extension
36. The "F" in EMF
38. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)
40. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
41. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device (pl.)
42. Snail and E are examples of this
43. Start frequency (abbr.)
44. Software engineering tool (abbr.)
45. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)
47. Be behind in phase
49. Keyboard key
51. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)
52. Imaging device (abbr.)
53. Chemical symbol for calcium
54. A common battery cell size
56. Galilean moon
57. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
59. Equipment
60. Hung the program
61. Smartphone display (abbr., pl.)
62. Chemical symbol for magnesium
63. Equalizer (abbr.)
64. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
65. Network department (abbr.)
67. Software drafting tool (abbr.)
68. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)
70. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)
72. Device under test (abbr.)
73. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)
74. Big Blue
75. Opposite of O.D.
77. Foot/12
79. Complex Instruction Set Computer
80. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
81. Display type
83. Fastener hardware vendor in Woodside, NY
86. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr.)
87. Method for mechanically connecting component leads in preparation for soldering
91. Indium phosphide
92. Outside shell
95. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)
97. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
99. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)
100. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices
102. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)
103. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
105. One who creates a code version of a semiconductor device
107. Chemical symbol for iron
108. 1.602E-19 Joules
109. Online service
111. Finite-Element Model
112. Vector multiplication that returns a vector value (2 wds., pl.)
1. Quickly changing portions of waveforms
2. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)
3. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
4. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)
5. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
6. Lower sideband (abbr.)
7. Constellation : The dragon
8. Software troubleshooting tool
11. Reduces receiver sensitivity due to overload from a nearby transmitter
13. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
15. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)
16. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)
17. 1/6 inch printer's measure
18. Imaging device (abbr.)
20. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)
22. 30 Hz to 300 Hz
23. Chemical symbol for argon
25. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
26. 10 decibels
28. O-scope triggering method (2 wds.)
29. Chemical symbol for bismuth
30. An amateur station transmitting communications for the purpose of observation of propagation and reception or other related (2 wds.)experimental activities (2 wds.)
31. Chemical symbol for chlorine
33. The ten administrative areas established by the FCC for Amateur Radio (2 wds., pl.)
35. Opposite of O.D.
36. Start frequency (abbr.)
37. Decimeter (abbr.)
39. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
44. Stored energy
45. Chemical symbol for aluminum
46. Mass unit (abbr.)
48. The "Ga" in GaAs
50. Tied a bundle of wires together
52. Coder/decoder (abbr.)
53. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)
55. Automatic repeat request used in AMTOR (abbr.)
56. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE
58. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)
66. Switch type with guaranteed default position
68. Chemical symbol for calcium
69. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
71. Smart filter
76. Type of current
78. Chemical symbol for mercury
79. European equivalent to the U.L.
80. Unit of length (abbr.)
82. Cellphone band below PCS
84. Chemical symbol for lithium
85. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
86. Enhanced Graphics Adapter
88. First name of a British scientist of falling apple fame
89. Chemical symbol for cadmium
90. Amateur radio enthusiast
92. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)
93. A common battery cell size
94. Things in a bill of material
96. Chemical symbol for californium
98. Chemical symbol for cobalt
99. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
101. Morse Code for "from"
104. BASIC looping keyword
106. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)
107. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)
110. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
111. A BPF specification (abbr.)



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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for July 8, 2012 - RF Cafe