Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle
June 9, 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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Science & Engineering Crossword for June 9, 2013 - RF Cafe


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1. Slang term given to an antenna which radiates most of the transmitted energy nearly straight up (2 wds.)
6. Solid state power amplifier (abbr.)
9. World's 1st fully electronic digital computer
10. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
12. Modulation technique that varies the width of pulses in a train (abbr.)
14. Chemical symbol for antimony
16. Conductor used to bleed charge from a high voltage supply bank (pl.)
19. Maximum Usable Frequency
21. JavaScript (abbr.)
22. Unit of weight
23. RF computer network
24. Voice-operated transmit (abbr.)
26. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)
28. Direction of carbon fiber strands
29. Switch position
30. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)
32. Unit of time (abbr.)
33. End of transmission (abbr.)
34. 1e-6 mA
35. Type of graph with a circular grid
37. Chemical symbol for niobium
38. Internet protocol (abbr.)
40. Decimeter (abbr.)
41. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
42. Display a radar target
44. Chemical symbol for arsenic
45. Silicon transistor type
47. Boob tube (abbr.)
49. Compound used as the frequency determining element in microwave oscillators
50. Chemical symbol for krypton
51. U.S. military organization (abbr.)
52. Maximum voltage in a waveform
54. Add two or more inputs
55. Substrate for mounting component (abbr., pl.)
56. Logic family
57. Abbreviation for peak voltage
60. Half of a DIP
61. Transmits a signal
66. Type of current flow (abbr.)
67. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)
68. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
69. Unit of magnetic flux
72. Adjusts a pot
73. Ratio of filter's stopband bandwidth (usually 60 dB) to its passband bandwidth (usually 3 dB)(2 wds)		 1. Cellular Digital Packet Data
2. One type of electron spin
3. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)
4. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
5. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)
6. Applying more signal than a circuit can handle
7. Chemical symbol for scandium
8. Large array of disparate antennas (2 wds.)
11. Its chemical symbol is Ar
12. Type of chart
13. Premier RF/microwave engineering magazine (abbr.)
14. Chemical symbol for strontium
15. Electron beam particle (pl.)
17. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)
18. System On Chip
20. ___-back transformer
24. Unit of apparent power (2 wds, pl.)
25. Ham's code for "Your net frequency is Low."
27. Greek letter (micro)
28. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
30. Positive integer which has a positive divisor other than one or itself (pl.)
31. Increase voltage linearly
33. Online auction site
35. Chemical symbol for palladium
36. Chemical symbol for radium
37. Chemical symbol for neptunium
39. Chemical symbol for platinum
43. Input intercept point (abbr.)
46. Chemical symbol for neodymium
47. Trans European Trunked RAdio
48. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)
50. Runge-_____ method in differential equations
51. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)
52. Substrate for mounting components (abbr.)
53. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)
58. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)
59. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)
62. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
63. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
64. Parameter that is a figure of merit for receiver performance in presence of multiple signals (abbr.)
65. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.
69. Weight (abbr.)
70. Chemical symbol for rhodium
71. Chemical symbol for neon

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Science & Engineering Crossword Solution for June 9, 2013 - RF Cafe