RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines
February 26, 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. Clues in this puzzle with an asterisk (*) are pulled from this past week's (2/20 - 2/24) "High Tech News" column on the RF Cafe homepage. Enjoy!


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

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines February 26, 2017

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1. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

4. Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (abbr.)

7. BlackBerry Sues Nokia over Patents for Network ____ *

10. Form of digital phase modulation in which the phase of the RF signal depends on the modulating code (abbr.)

13. Light ray

14. Chemical symbol for rhodium

15. Chemical symbol for neptunium

16. 10E1 numerical prefix

18. Chemical symbol for neodymium

19. Minutes of Use (abbr.)

21. Spurious RF products created by metal joints (abbr.)

22. PC follower

23. Greek letter

25. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

27. Greek letter

29. Surface Mount Technology

30. Rotating disk (pl.)

32. Like a heatsink

35. ______ Readies Cellular IoT IC with GPS Inside *

38. Time Division Multiplexing

40. ZTE '______ Our Smartphone' Crowdfunding Fails *

43. A common lamp tube gas

44. Greek letter used for wavelength (pl.)

48. Move in a raster pattern

49. Morse Code for "from"

50. Cause the temperature to drop

52. Move from cell to cell

55. 1e-6 mA

56. The property of matter by which it continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force

59. A trigonometry function (pl.)

62. Transformer, abbr.

63. PC follower

64. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

65. An abbreviation for "transmitter"

66. 3D Printed PCBs for Aerospace, _______ *

70. Unit of conductance (pl.)

74. Chemical symbol for cadmium

76. Chemically react to harden

78. RF engineer's degree

79. Chemical symbol for polonium

81. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)

84. Between-series connector

87. Telephony over computer networks

89. Opposite of top

92. Greek letter

93. A digital counter input line to establish an initial value

95. Europe's Tech ______ Shrugs off Regional Uncertainty *

98. Online venue for posting comments & reading replies (pl.)

101. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

103. Cellphone band directly above DCS

104. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

105. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)

106. Chemical symbol for silver

108. Facsimile

109. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)

111. Armored cable type

112. Europe's ____ Sector Shrugs off Regional Uncertainty *

114. Chemical symbol for cadmium

117. Network department (abbr.)

118. Impenetrable physical barrier

120. Ham award meaning Worked All Zones

121. Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (abbr.)

122. Adjustment dial

123. Precision landing system (abbr.)

1. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

2. Liquid Metal ____ Printing Set to Revolutionize Electronics *

3. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

4. Ham's code for "Is my transmission being interferred with?"

5. Local Police Departments Invest in Cell _____ Spy Tools *

6. Chemical symbol for krypton

7. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

8. Negatively charged ion

9. Angular speed unit

10. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

11. Adjusts a pot

12. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

13. Company that markets Delphi software

17. Nokia Launches 4.9G Technology and AirScale Active _______s *

20. Internet address (abbr.)

21. Greek letter often used to represent an angle

24. Type of distribution, squared

26. Material testing organization (abbr.)

27. Stock symbol for RF Micro Devices (not used anymore)

28. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

30. Computer interconnection scheme (abbr.)

31. Chemical symbol for erbium

33. Chemical symbol for neodymium

34. Satellite TV system

36. Mr. de Forest's first name

37. Part of a FOR loop

39. Relative power level unit (abbr.)

41. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

42. Gallium nitride chemical symbol

44. Sample group

45. Under sampled

46. Large radio telescope in Puerto Rico

47. System On Chip

50. European equivalent to the U.L.

51. Type of logic gate

53. A common battery cell size

54. Chemical symbol for manganese

56. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

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

58. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

59. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

60. Stock symbol for Texas Instruments

61. "Texting" (abbr.)

67. A BPF specification (abbr.)

68. Chemical symbol for europium

69. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

71. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)

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

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

74. Electronic enclosure

75. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)

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

79. Type of chart

80. _______ Clocks Hit the Road *

82. Network department (abbr.)

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

85. Automatic Packet Position Reporting System (abbr.)

86. Image file format name extension

87. Amateur radio operator who is qualified to administer Amateur Radio licensing examinations (abbr., pl.)

88. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

90. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

91. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

93. Chemical symbol for plutonium

94. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

96. Attenuator topology (pl.)

97. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

99. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

100. _____ Dominates in Connected Cars *

102. Forerunner to NASA

105. Wheel attachment point

107. Unit of frequency

108. ___ Completes Incentive Auction, Raises $19.6B *

110. Half of DSB

111. Broadband Signal Intrusion (abbr.)

113. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

115. Chemical symbol for iron

116. Chemical symbol for berkelium

119. Chemical symbol for arsenic


See solution below

 

2017 Crosswords Archive

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RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution w/Weekly Headlines February 26, 2017