Test Equipment Crossword Puzzle
October 19, 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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Test Equipment Crossword Puzzle for October 19, 2014 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. S-Parameter measurement instrument (2 wds.)
6. Add two or more inputs
7. 1/6 inch printer's measure
9. Secondary cell using a liquid as an electrolyte (2 wds.)
11. Integrated data onto a carrier wave
13. Chemical symbol for nickel
14. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
16. Online service
17. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)
20. Reliability measure (abbr.)
23. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)
26. Electronics components & batteries supplier based in Japan
27. User Datagram Protocol
29. 30 Hz to 300 Hz
30. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
32. Under self-control (prefix)
34. Virtual Private Network
36. Chemical symbol for nickel
37. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
38. Type of screw (2 wds.)
40. Test document for verifying proper function (abbr.)
41. _/_-___, maker of RF semiconductors and connectors
44. Integrate data onto a carrier wave
45. 1e-6 mA
46. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE
47. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.
48. What 16 Down measures (pl.)
51. FET voltage specification (usually hyphenated)
52. Total radiated power (abbr.)
53. Type of digital filter (abbr.)
54. C++, Java, BASIC, or Fortran, for example
56. Test instrument for measuring resistance
58. Internet address (abbr.)
59. Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
61. Greek letter (micro)
62. Radio navigation systems
66. Created an impenetrable physical barrier
70. ELI the ICE ___
71. Mate to a pin (pl.)
76. Chemical symbol for radium
77. Chemical symbol for radium
78. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
79. Apollo 11 astronaut ____ Armstrong
81. Centimeter (abbr.)
82. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)
84. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss
86. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)
88. Type of memory
89. Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (pl.)
90. Radio teletype (abbr.)
91. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)
93. Chemical symbol for calcium
94. Chemical symbol for erbium
95. Coaxial cable type with minimum signal attenuation (2 wds.)
98. Under sampled
102. Morse Code for "from"
103. International Microwave Symposium (abbr.)
104. Instrument used to measure the maximum attained transmitter waveform output level (3 wds., pl.)		 1. Mate to a bolt
2. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)
3. An electron tube in which bunching of electrons is produced by electric fields, used in radars & microwave ovens
4. One of two lead types used with 16 Down
5. Color of positive lead used with 16 Down
6. Chemical symbol for selenium
8. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
9. Mr. Röntgen's first name
10. Table type used in software for storing selectable values
11. British astronomer ______ Halley
12. Term for reduction of receiver sensitivity due to overload from a nearby transmitter
13. Chemical symbol for nobelium
15. High-speed logic family
16. Instrument for measuring potential difference using a taut band indicator (2 wds.)
18. Band between RF and BB
19. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)
21. Time delay (abbr.)
22. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
24. Contactless homemade (usually) inductive and/or capacitive test cable end for tracing wireless signals on a PCB or in a chassis (2 ltrs. + 2 wds., pl.)
25. Field Programmable Gate Array (abbr.)
28. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)
31. Personal Digital Cellular
33. Transformer interwinding connection
35. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
36. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)
39. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)
40. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)
42. Exponent that returns the original number
43. Network controllers
44. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.)
49. Innovative Power Products, Holbrook, NY (abbr.)
50. Airflow rate (abbr.)
55. Type of microwave diode
57. Color quality
60. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)
62. Column of rising hot air
63. Common mode ripple rejection (abbr.)
64. A common battery cell size
65. What 16 Down can be considered if it has a remote interface controller (abbr.)
67. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor
68. Light
69. Split power into 2 or more paths
71. Registers an event
72. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
73. Adverse property of Teflon (2 wds.)
74. Circuit or mechanical designer with a Bachelor's or higher degree
75. International phonetic alphabet letter "S"
80. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin
83. System On Chip
84. Type of current
85. Galilean moon
87. Network department (abbr.)
92. Chemical symbol for bromine
96. Opposite of I.D.
97. Wired Equivalent Privacy (abbr.)
99. Powers pneumatic devices
100. "Texting" (abbr.)
101. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

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Test Equipment Crossword Puzzle Solution for October 19, 2014 - RF Cafe