RF Cafe Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines
January 29, 2017

For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new crossword puzzle that has a theme related to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical words. You will never be asked the name of a movie star unless he/she was involved in a technical endeavor (e.g., Hedy Lamarr). Clues in this week's puzzle with an asterisk (*) are pulled from this past week's (1/23 - 1/27) "High Tech News" column on the RF Cafe homepage. Enjoy!


Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is prohibited.

acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

RF Cafe Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines January 29, 2017 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Describes stationary charges

7. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

9. Miniature threaded RF connector

11. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)

12. One port of an amplifier

13. International phonetic alphabet letter "P"

15. "Calling any amateur radio station"

17. ____ Sales Grew 1.5% in 2016 *

20. Intel x86 command for " jump if above"

21. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

23. Type of current flow (abbr.)

24. High Data Rate

26. Small representative graphic

29. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)

30. 4-Point Plan to Save the Tech Sector Post-______ *

32. Greek letter, used to indicate summation (pl.)

34. Mr. de Forest's first name

35. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

37. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

38. Amount of deviation from nominal and still being within specification

42. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

44. International phonetic alphabet letter "D"

48. A three-terminal power semiconductor device noted for high efficiency and fast switching (abbr.)

51. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

52. High-speed logic family

54. Another word for each complete winding of an inductor

55. Just entering the nonlinear region

57. Chemical symbol for aluminum

58. Equivalent circuit type using a current source and parallel resistor

60. Input intercept point (abbr.)

62. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

64. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

66. Innovations at 7nm to Keep ____'_ Law Alive *

69. Sending a wireless to an early hip-worn wireless device

72. Unit of energy

74. 1/4-turn fastener

76. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

77. Unit of length (abbr.)

79. Intel 8086 or Motorola 6800 (abbr.)

80. Opposite of a LO

81. Release control over

83. Type of component package (abbr.)

84. Dual Tone Multi-Frequency

87. Chemical symbol for scandium

88. Online service

90. Negation prefix

91. Abbreviation for minimum voltage

92. 15 Views from a _______ ______ (2 wds.) *

1. Exalted-Carrier Single Sideband (abbr.)

2. Test point (abbr.)

3. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.)

4. Workplace safety group (abbr.)

5. End of soldering iron

6. Army-Navy specification prefix

7. 10E1 numerical prefix

8. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)

9. Real estate where equipment is located

10. New Hotel Owner Wants Ham Repeater ________ Removed from Roof *

13. Trump to Tap ___ as FCC Chair *

14. Soften metal

15. Tool used to cut crystals

16. Ham's code for "You are excused from the net."

18. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)

19. Frequency division multiple access (abbr.)

22. Powers pneumatic devices

24. Chemical symbol for mercury

25. Amateur _____ Parity Act Speeds to U.S. House Passage, Heads to Senate *

27. Chemical symbol for chlorine

28. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

31. Time division duplex (abbr.)

33. One bit of a real number

36. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)

39. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

40. _______ Oxide Offers Promise for Power Electronics *

41. New ________ Site Design Encourages Engagement *

43. Logic family

45. Chemical symbol for lutetium

46. Adjust

47. Negatively charged ion

49. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

50. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

53. Added a termination

56. Transformer interwinding connection

59. Non-return to zero (abbr.)

61. It is the "P" in S2P

63. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for gold

67. Chemical symbol for radium

68. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)

70. World's first satellite navigation system (abbr.)

71. Type of chart use for project planning

73. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc.

75. 3 GHz to 30 GHz

78. A type of average

81. ___ Adjusts Civil Monetary Penalties *

82. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

85. Boob tube (abbr.)

86. Unit of length (abbr.)

87. Chemical symbol for silicon

89. Chemical symbol for lutetium


See solution below

 

2017 Crosswords Archive

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RF Cafe Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines Solution January 29, 2017 - RF Cafe