RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
September 1, 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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December 22
December 15
December 8
December 1
November 24
November 17
November 10
November 3
October 27
October 20
October 13
October 6		 September 29
September 22
September 15
September 8
September 1
August 25
August 18
August 11
August 4
July 28
July 21
July 14
July 7		 June 30
June 23
June 16
June 9
June 2
May 26
May 19
May 12
May 5
April 28
April 21
April 14
April 7		 March 31
March 24
March 17
March 10
March 3
February 24
February 17
February 10
February 3
January 27
January 20
January 13
January 6

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for September 1, 2013 - RF Cafe


ACROSS DOWN
1. Its chemical symbol is Cf
6. 1/4-turn fastener
9. Part of an optical cable bundle
10. Chemical symbol for iron
12. SIP x 2
14. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
16. Filter circuit used to flatten group delay (pl.)
19. Output intercept point (abbr.)
21. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)
22. Binary Coded Decimal
23. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)
24. Amateur radio enthusiast
26. Set of poles
28. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)
29. Ham-ese for Young Lady
30. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)
32. PC follower
33. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)
34. Chemical symbol for lithium
35. Create a power supply output w/o a ground reference
37. Chemical symbol for helium
38. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
40. Chemical symbol for holmium
41. Chemical symbol for ytterbium
42. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc. (pl.)
44. Test equipment (abbr.)
45. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)
47. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
49. Satellite TV system
50. Chemical symbol for argon
51. Keyboard key
52. Telephony over computer networks
54. Precision landing system (abbr.)
55. Logic gate
56. System On Chip
57. Weight (abbr.)
60. Below ELF
61. A shortened flexible antenna used with hand-held scanners and transceivers, slang (2 wds.).
66. Chemical symbol for selenium
67. Airflow rate (abbr.)
68. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
69. Online venue for posting comments & reading replies
72. Internet mail protocol (abbr.)
73. Vector multiplication that returns a scalar value (pl.)		 1. With 3 Down, the name of this website
2. One possible go-no-go test result
3. With 1 Down, the name of this website
4. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)
5. 1/000 of an inch
6. Excursion from the normal value (pl.)
7. Chemical symbol for zirconium
8. Additive to reduce mixture volatility (pl.)
11. Exactly the same in mathematics
12. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
13. Peak Inverse Voltage
14. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
15. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star
17. Hit a component with an electrostatic discharge
18. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)
20. Silicon transistor type
24. The longest side of a right triangle (pl.)
25. Ham's code for "Station is leaving the net."
27. A common battery cell size
28. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)
30. Circuit configuration w/feedback (2 wds.)
31. Straight line eminating from a point source (pl.)
33. A disk operation
35. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
36. Chemical symbol for terbium
37. Chemical symbol for mercury
39. Chemical symbol for cesium
43. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)
46. Chemical symbol for thallium
47. Curve formed by a point which moves according to a mathematically defined rule
48. Ratio of circumference to diameter
50. Dilbert's female co-worker
51. The system than converts common website names to IP addresses (abbr.)
52. Aircraft navigation system (abbr.)
53. Printed Wiring Board (abbr.)
58. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)
59. Time Division Multiplexing
62. Chemical symbol for beryllium
63. Stock symbol for RF Micro Devices
64. Sends a message via Morse Code
65. Manufacturer of project boxes
69. Unit of length (abbr.)
70. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
71. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for September 1, 2013 - RF Cafe