Engineering Book Authors Crossword Puzzle
November 2, 2014

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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. RĂ¡dio 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