Engineering Book Authors Crossword Puzzle
November 2, 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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Engineering Book Authors Crossword Puzzle for November 2, 2014 - RF Cafe

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1. _______ ____ - popular author on RF filter design (first & last name)
9. Unit of resistance
10. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
11. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)
12. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
13. Chemical symbol for lead
17. Chemical symbol for iron
19. Part of a FOR loop
21. Merrill ________ - popular author on radar system amplifier design
23. Type of component package (abbr.)
24. Quantity to which others are compared
27. Chemical symbol for xenon
29. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)
31. ____ Lamar, Hollywood actress with first patent for spread spectrum communications
32. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
33. Chemical symbol for magnesium
37. Voice of America
38. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
39. Common cross-sectional shape of a high gain antenna
43. Cause a circuit breaker to open
44. Component around which wire is wrapped to make an inductor
47. James ______ - popular author on electromagnetics simulators
49. Aerodynamic opposition to thrust
51. Applies too large of a signal
56. Chemical symbol for dysprosium
57. ELI the ICE ___
58. Test point (abbr.)
59. Chemical symbol for silicon
60. Stephen ____ - popular author on microwave circuit design
61. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)
66. Chemical symbol for silver
67. Which geometrical figure has four sides of which only two are parallel
71. Centimeter (abbr.)
72. Filter type that rejects high frequencies
74. Chemical symbol for cobalt
75. Equalizer (abbr.)
76. Chemical symbol for polonium
78. Unit of time (abbr.)
79. IC socket type for easy insertion & removal (abbr.)
82. Transformer interwinding connection
84. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)
86. _____ ______ - popular author on RF amplifier design (first & last name)		 1. Chemical symbol for rhodium
2. Unit of current
3. Morse Code for "from"
4. An angle that has less than 90 degrees
5. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
6. Chemical symbol for ruthenium
7. Chemical symbol for erbium
8. It has units of degrees or radians
9. Opposite of I.D.
12. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo
14. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)
15. Chemical symbol for berkelium
16. Characteristic of a system that produces no new frequency content
17. Type of modulation (abbr.)
18. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
20. Exponent that returns the original number
21. Adjust a pot
22. Optical cross-connect (abbr.)
23. _____ _____ - popular author on engineering situations (first & last name)
25. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)
26. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
28. Its chemical symbol is Dy
30. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)
31. Having power applied (slang)
33. Unit of admittance
34. A common battery cell size
35. Chemical symbol for tantalum
36. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
38. Constellation : The greater bear (4,5)
39. Chemical symbol for palladium
40. The "R" in DRC in substrate layout (singular form)
41. Inda ____ - popular author on RF filters
42. Constellation : The lyre
45. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)
46. Chemical symbol for gallium
47. Type of flip-flop
48. User Datagram Protocol
50. One state of matter
52. Virtual Private Network
53. Part of this website's title
54. Shorthand for oxygen
55. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"
61. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)
62. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
63. Ham abbreviation indicating contacts with all major land masses
64. Chemical symbol for helium
65. Opposite of a LO
66. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit (pl.)
68. David ____ - popular author on microwave engineering
69. Compress a computer file
70. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)
71. "Calling any amateur radio station"
73. Chemical symbol for antimony
75. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
77. Output intercept point (abbr.)
78. Chemical symbol for neodymium
80. Unit of length (abbr.)
81. Boob tube (abbr.)
82. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)
83. Ratio of circumference to diameter
85. 1E6 nanoseconds

 

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Engineering Book Authors Crossword Puzzle Solution for November 2, 2014 - RF Cafe