RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
November 10, 2013

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.
2013 Crosswords Archive
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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for 11/10/2013 - RF Cafe


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1. Ham's code for "Does my frequency vary?"
4. Angle at which a radio signal is refracted in the ionosphere (2 wds.)
14. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg.
16. Under self-control (prefix)
19. Describes a region on a semiconductor that has a linear and symmetric I-V curve
20. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)
21. A common battery cell size
22. Smartphone display (abbr., pl.)
24. Chemical symbol for chlorine
25. Part of this website's title
27. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)
28. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)
29. Internet protocol (abbr.)
31. Test point (abbr.)
33. RF ____, the world's best engineering website
36. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity
38. An array of 12 or 16 numbered keys that generate the standard telephone dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) dialing signals (2 wds.)
39. Vacuum tube with five elements (not including the heater, pl.)
41. Ham-ese for Young Lady
43. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)
44. European equivalent to the U.L.
45. Switch types with guaranteed default position
47. Stock symbol for Skyworks Solutions
49. One type of electron spin
50. Chemical symbol for argon
51. Amateur Radio Emergency Service (abbr.)
54. Network department (abbr.)
55. Change from one thing into another
58. 12 inches
60. Co-channel rejection ratio (abbr.)
62. No insulation
63. Part of a FOR loop
64. Precision landing system (abbr.)
65. He developed an alphabet composed of dots and dashes
66. Voltage-current phase mnemonic
67. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
68. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)
70. A compiler directive
71. Gasoline, diesel, etc.
72. International phonetic alphabet letter "R"
74. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
75. Refers to the IEEE802.11 networks (abbr.)
77. Start frequency (abbr.)
78. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
79. Geometric entity with only length
81. Hand-held calculator for NASA's Gemini era engineers
82. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
84. Time delay (abbr.)
86. One port of an amplifier
87. Determination of cause and effect
89. Etched parallel lines
91. File name extension for an ASCII file
92. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
94. Chemical symbol for silicon
95. Chemical symbol for silicon
96. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)
97. Chemical symbol for gold
98. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
100. Chemical symbol for lithium
101. Stock symbol for Linear Technologies
104. Ratio of circumference to diameter
105. Unit of current
107. Scheduling graph types
111. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)
112. Cable television (abbr.)
114. Semiconductor device that varies its transconductance according to light intensity
115. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)
1. Ratio of reactance to resistance
2. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)
3. Opposite of a LO
4. Coder/decoder (abbr.)
5. Band between RF and BB
6. Galilean moon
7. An integrated circuit reverse-engineering company, in Ontario, Canada (2 wds.)
8. Modulation type (abbr.)
9. Illuminated
10. Type of current flow (abbr.)
11. Chemical symbol for gallium
12. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.)
13. High-speed logic family
15. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)
17. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)
18. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)
23. ____ Meet, a Ham's flea market
26. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)
28. Chemical symbol for neptunium
30. Type of graph with a circular grid
32. Plane curve traced out by a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed line is equal to its distance from a fixed point
34. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)
35. Last keyword in a BASIC subroutine (pl.)
37. Chemical symbol for cesium
40. Antenna type derived from simple weighted wires dropped from Zeppelin airships
42. Form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules
44. Chemically react to harden
46. Chemical symbol for strontium
48. The "W" in AWG
52. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)
53. Threaded fastener
55. Snail and E are examples of this
56. Type of logic gate
57. Describes a component affected by temperature changes (2 wds., hyph.)
58. First-in, first-out, abbr.
59. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
61. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)
62. Resistor used to drain voltage off of a high potential supply (pl.)
65. Elementary particle
66. Chemical symbol for europium
68. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr., pl.)
69. Morse Code for "from"
71. Software storage unit
73. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance
74. Unit of power
76. Start frequency (abbr.)
77. Takes to the air
80. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)
83. Integrated data onto a carrier wave
85. Singulated piece of IC wafer
87. Chemical symbol for arsenic
88. Impenetrable physical barrier
90. Lubricant
91. Army-Navy specification prefix
93. Swiss mathematician who extensively studied complex numbers
96. Battery cell chemistry type (abbr.)
99. Common plastic insulation type (abbr.)
100. Once around a circuit
102. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
103. Chemical symbol for chromium
104. Push to Talk (abbr.)
106. Chemical symbol for polonium
107. Chemical symbol for polonium
108. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
109. Chemical symbol for selenium
110. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)
113. A common battery cell size

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for 11/10/2013 - RF Cafe