RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle
September 23, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle for 9/23/2012 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
ACROSS

1. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

4. Opposite of set

8. 1/1000 prefix

12. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

15. 2 x SSB

17. Antenna (abbr.)

18. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

19. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)

21. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

23. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

25. U.S. military organization (abbr.)

27. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)

28. Stock symbol for Harris Communications

29. Chemical symbol for aluminum

30. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

32. Curly-Q type light bulb (abbr.)

34. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

35. Morse Code for "from"

36. End of transmission (abbr.)

37. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)

38. Tie a bundle of wires together

39. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane

41. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

42. Base Station Transceivers (abbr.)

43. Under self-control (prefix)

45. Sample group

46. The Microwave Office software company (abbr.)

48. Pass-Fail ________, defining limits for acceptance test

49. Smart filter

50. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

52. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency

53. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1672

56. Electronics components & batteries supplier based in Japan

58. Computer "brain" (abbr.)

59. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

62. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)

65. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)

66. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

67. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

68. 1.602E-19 Joules

70. A keyboard key

72. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

73. European equivalent to the U.L.

74. Heatsink feature

75. Unit of admittance

76. Semiconductor lamp

78. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

80. Chemical symbol for manganese

81. Input intercept point (abbr.)

82. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.

83. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)

85. 2 x SSB

87. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

88. Exalted-Carrier Single Sideband (abbr.)

89. A substance in the gaseous state

90. Common shorthand reference for a capacitor

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2. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

3. High speed data over telephone lines (abbr.)

5. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

6. Last statement in a BASIC program

7. Basic element

9. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

10. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

11. Chemical symbol for lithium

12. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)

13. PC follower

14. Separates the plates of a capacitor (pl.)

16. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector

19. Type of computer display (abbr.)

20. The "F" in CFL bulbs

22. Early computer display screen recolution (abbr.)

24. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)

26. Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone

27. Frequency division multiple access (abbr.)

28. Having power applied (slang)

29. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

31. Type of current flow (abbr.)

33. Chemical symbol for lutetium

36. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

37. Chemical symbol for gold

40. Color representing "0"

42. Securing device

44. Method of self-detection and self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.)

47. Compressed image file format

51. International phonetic alphabet letter "E"

52. Gasoline, diesel, etc.

54. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)

55. Chemical symbol for erbium

56. Cooling device

57. Type of current

60. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

61. Modem encoding method (abbr.)

63. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

64. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (abbr.)

66. SIP x 2

67. Type of spread spectrum that does not use direct sequence spreading (abbr.)

69. Russian space probes which visited Halley's comet

71. A gaseous process that deposits insulating films or metal onto a wafer at elevated temperature (abbr.)

74. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

75. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.

77. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)

79. File name extension for an ASCII file

81. One port of an amplifier

82. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

84. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

86. Stock symbol for Boeing


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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for 9/23/2012 - RF Cafe