Engineering Crossword Puzzle
March 3, 2013

2013 Crosswords Archive

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Engineering Crossword Puzzle for March 3, 2013 - RF Cafe

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1. Type of logic gate

3. Small DIP package (abbr.)

5. Unit of current

8. Yard (abbr.)

9. Automatic Testing, Evaluation & Reporting (abbr.)

11. Software device for tracking elapsed time

16. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)

18. Voice of America

19. Bluetooth networks

22. Unit of weight

24. 1/000 of an inch

25. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)

27. Nordic Mobile Telephone

29. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

30. Chemical symbol for tantalum

31. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

32. International phonetic alphabet letter "K"

36. 3 GHz to 30 GHz

38. Unit of length (abbr.)

39. A keyboard key

40. A metal that is liquid at room temperature

42. Ham abbreviation indicating contacts with all major land masses

44. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

45. Greek letter

46. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

47. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

49. Chemical symbol for xenon

50. One type of electron spin

51. Chemical symbol for polonium

52. Control language used by Hewlett Packard printers, abbr.

56. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

58. Part of a FOR loop

59. Pure carrier (abbr.)

60. Angular distance between one event and another in a regularly recurring cycle

62. Test equipment (abbr.)

63. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for cesium

66. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

68. The "B" in BER

70. Chemical symbol for rhodium

72. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

74. Chemical symbol for europium

76. Moves from cell to cell

79. Chemical symbol for gallium

80. Chemical symbol for chromium

81. Half of DSB

83. Stock symbol for Linear Technologies

84. Filter type that blocks lower frequencies (abbr.)

85. Unit of time (abbr.)

86. Test point (abbr.)

88. Largest broadcaster in the UK (abbr.)

90. PC follower

91. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

92. Chemical symbol for chlorine

93. The cell band above DCN

95. Type of motor that moves in increments rather than continuous rotation

99. 24 hours

100. European equivalent to the U.L.

102. Filter type (abbr.)

104. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)

105. Ham's code for "Take over as net control station."

106. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

107. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)

109. Logical negation operator

111. Sample groups

113. Akin to WAC, only just in America

114. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

116. Name the German physicist who discovered X-rays

121. Wireless application protocol (abbr.)

123. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

125. What kind of a number is divisible only by itself and 1

126. Type of wire used to wind baluns and couplers

128. Chemical symbol for platinum

129. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

130. Longitudinal shape-forming structural element

131. Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor

1. Amateurese for "wife"

2. Opposite of I.D.

3. Chemical symbol for selenium

4. Type of logic gate

6. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

7. Push to Talk (abbr.)

9. Online service

10. Chemical symbol for tantalum

11. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

12. Galilean moon

13. Chemical symbol for manganese

14. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

15. Stock symbol for Raytheon

17. Type of e-mail address system (abbr.)

18. Circuit element connecting PCB layers

19. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

20. Internet protocol (abbr.)

21. "Texting" (abbr.)

23. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)

24. Reliability measure

25. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)

26. Network department (abbr.)

28. Code for a type of electrical wire insulation (abbr.)

31. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

32. Chemical symbol for krypton

33. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

34. Chemical symbol for lutetium

35. Type of logic gate (pl.)

37. Facsimile

38. What kind of nuclear reaction powers both the sun and a hydrogen bomb

39. Lays bare, such as a wire

40. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

41. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency reference oscillators (abbr.)

43. Wireless phone region

46. Physical quantity defined as being the work done per unit time

48. Adjust a pot

50. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)

51. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)

52. Filter type that blocks lower frequencies (abbr.)

53. Pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor, abbr.

54. Chemical symbol for gallium

55. Lower sideband (abbr.)

57. A metal that is liquid at room temperature

61. Base of the octal number system

64. Type of Morse Code key

67. End of Life (abbr.)

69. Transformer interwinding connection

71. Stock symbol for Harris Communications

73. Web page language

75. Upper Sideband (abbr.)

77. Chemical symbol for aluminum

78. Chemical symbol for scandium

82. Early predecessor to an online forum (abbr.)

87. Substrate for mounting components (abbr.)

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

90. Chemical symbol for argon

91. Be behind in phase

92. Imaging device (abbr., pl.)

94. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

96. 1/6 inch printer's measure

97. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

98. Unit of time (abbr.)

99. The system than converts common website names to IP addresses (abbr.)

101. Computer interconnection scheme (abbr.)

103. BASIC looping keyword

105. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)

106. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device

108. Modem encoding method (abbr.)

110. Uppermost surface

111. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

112. Switch position

113. Ham award meaning Worked All Zones

115. Very large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

117. Chemical symbol for erbium

118. Chemical symbol for nickel

119. Chemical symbol for thulium

120. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

121. Weight (abbr.)

122. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.)

124. Modulation type (abbr.)

126. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

127. Infrared (abbr.)

128. Chemical symbol for lead


See solution below

 

Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for March 3, 2013 - RF Cafe