Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzle
April 27, 2014
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.
2014 Crosswords Archive
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Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzle for April 27, 2014 - RF Cafe

 

ACROSS DOWN
1. The stationary part of a motor
4. Physically connected group of parts
8. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)
10. 10 decibels
11. _____ + 16 Down + 42 Across: founder of the ARRL
13. Communication between stations by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere
15. Longitudinal shape-forming structural element
17. First name of a British scientist of falling apple fame
18. A common battery cell size
19. The amount of matter that a body contains
21. European equivalent to the U.L.
22. Abbreviation for minimum voltage
23. Strong cable covering
25. Reduction-oxidation (abbr.)
27. Chemical symbol for thallium
28. Cellphone band below PCS
29. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1789
32. Chemical symbol for dysprosium
33. Chemical symbol for polonium
34. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
35. Reliability measure
37. Ham radio organization (abbr.)
38. Galilean moon
40. Satellite of Jupiter discovered by Galileo
41. Opposite of a LO
42. 11 Across + 16 Down + _____: founder of the ARRL
43. Minutes of Use (abbr.)
44. Opposite of O.D.
45. Theoretical
47. Provider of services for telecommunications systems in Switzerland (abbr.)
49. Chemical symbol for aluminum
50. Chemical symbol for platinum
51. Electrical unit of potential difference
53. Unit of time (abbr.)
54. The stuff in the solder core
56. Length times width
59. Adjust a pot
61. Front end of a rocket (pl.)
62. Ham's code for "What is your location?"
64. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)
66. Competitive event where Hams ply their skills against each other for points (pl.)
67. Internet's most popular radio frequency website (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)		 1. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)
2. Prefix meaning temperature-related
3. Chemical symbol for radium
4. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)
5. Separated by specific distances
6. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
7. Constellation : The lion
9. Type of spread spectrum that does not use direct sequence spreading (abbr.)
10. Stock symbol for Boeing
12. Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (abbr.)
13. Amateur radio enthusiast
14. Its chemical symbol is Pd
16. 11 Across + _____ + 42 Across: founder of the ARRL
17. Network department (abbr.)
18. Capacitor manufacturer
20. Cable covered by strong jacket
23. Acts of summation
24. 1E6 nanoseconds
25. Line extending out from center
26. _______ noise matching
30. Chemical symbol for magnesium
31. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
33. Chemical symbol for praseodymium
36. Part of a FOR loop
37. Modulation type (abbr.)
39. Shorthand for oxygen
41. Robert _____ - developed a mathematical rule for determining spring forces
42. Joins a male and a female connector
43. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
45. Precision landing system (abbr.)
46. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.)
48. Energy at rest
49. Antenna (abbr.)
51. Tool for holding parts while working on them
52. Switch position
55. Adjusts a pot
57. Chemical symbol for rhodium
58. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit
60. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
63. Network department (abbr.)
65. Chemical symbol for chromium

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Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzle Solution for April 27, 2014 - RF Cafe