Wireless Crossword Puzzle - Memorial Day
May 26, 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 29
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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Red, Blue, and Light Gray squares are for the words.

Wireless Crossword Puzzle for Memorial Day 2013 - RF Cafe


ACROSS DOWN
1. This flag's country (celebrating Memorial Day)
6. Propagation by means of ionospheric reflection
8. Chemical symbol for lutetium
9. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
10. Freely swinging rod with a weight at the end that regulates the mechanism of a clock
14. International phonetic alphabet letter "E"
15. Having both an inner and an outer shield (hyph.)
18. 1/6 inch printer's measure
19. Receiver/transmitter that listens for a transmission and re-transmits it
23. The constellation in which Canopus is located
24. Distance around the boundary of a circle
26. Chemical symbol for lithium
28. The "S" in ASIC
29. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
30. Lowest input level for which a voltage regulator will produce a predetermined output
32. Angle at which a radio signal is refracted in the ionosphere (2 wds.)
34. Antenna structure that connects directly to the feed line (2 wds.)
37. An electrical specification for a motor when it is first started (2 wds.)
39. Scientist sometimes credited with the invention of the telescope, and the discoverer of the four largest moons of Jupiter (2 wds.)
41. Part of IEEE 802.11 protocol
42. Applied + _____________ + Sciences, EM software vendor in Escondido, CA
44. Miniature threaded RF connector
46. Transistors, diodes, ASICs, etc.		 1. Unit of current (pl.)
2. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)
3. International Telecommunications Union
4. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)
5. Type of analysis that uses approximation techniques for solving mathematical problems
6. SI solid unit angle
7. Semiconductor device that varies its transconductance according to light intensity (pl.)
11. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)
12. Singulated piece of IC wafer
13. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin
15. Type of current
16. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)
17. Property of an insulator (2 wds.)
20. Type of chart
21. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices
22. Voltage-current phase mnemonic
25. End of transmission (abbr.)
27. Time division duplex (abbr.)
31. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)
32. Leading and trailing edge frequency variation of a CW pulse (pl.)
33. Powers pneumatic devices
35. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)
36. Mass unit (abbr., pl.)
38. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
40. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)
43. One port of an amplifier
45. Chemical symbol for arsenic
47. Chemical symbol for erbium

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Wireless Crossword Puzzle Solution for Memorial Day 2013 - RF Cafe