RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines
August 13, 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. At least 12 clues in this puzzle with an asterisk (*) are pulled from this past week's (8/7 - 8/11) "Tech Industry Headlines" 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 August 13, 2017

ACROSS DOWN
2. Earth, Mars, or Saturn

5. Number system which uses only the digits 0 to 7

8. Optical storage media

13. Test document for verifying proper function (abbr.)

15. Chemical symbol for mercury

16. Electronic component package type (abbr.)

18. Lubricant

21. Chemical symbol for selenium

22. Unit of heat

24. Morse Code for "from"

25. Teenage Whiz Kid Invents __ System to Diagnose Her Grandfather's Eye Disease *

27. Prefix for 10E-18

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

31. Internet mail protocol (abbr.)

33. Chemical symbol for cadmium

35. Type of logic gate

36. Fairchild Advanced Schottky TTL (abbr.)

38. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

39. Flip-flop control input

41. Test equipment (abbr.)

42. Worldwide ____ Capital Spending Forecast to Grow 10.2% in 2017 *

44. Optical cross-connect (abbr.)

45. Online service

46. Hub of the solar system

47. Never Too Old to Code: Japan's 82-Year-Old ___ Maker *

48. Line of Sight (abbr.)

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

50. The shortest-duration modulation state in a spread spectrum system

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

55. RF connector type

56. Chemical symbol for beryllium

57. Target indication on a radar display

60. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

61. Continuous curve constructed so as to pass through a given set of points

62. Aerodynamic force opposing drag

63. Chemical symbol for erbium

64. Dual Tone Multi-Frequency

66. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

67. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

68. Chemical symbol for scandium

69. France and Germany Plan Tax Crackdown on U.S. ____ Giants *

71. China's ___ Users Fear Losing Tools to Bypass 'Great Firewall' *

72. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)

73. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

75. Switch position

77. Optical cross-connect (abbr.)

78. BASIC looping keyword

80. Can We Wean Elon ____ off Government Support Already? *

83. Chemical symbol for neodymium

85. Display a radar target

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

88. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial

91. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)

93. Ratio of circumference to diameter

94. The "T" in ATE

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

97. Gasoline, diesel, etc.

99. Chemical symbol for xenon

100. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

101. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)

103. Chemical symbol for helium

104. The "B" in BER

106. ___ Wireless Connects Unconnected Canadians *

107. Type of component package (abbr.)

109. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

110. FCC Updates RF ______ Authorization Rules *

111. Filter type with high rate of out-of-band attenuation (aka 'elliptic')

112. Type of formation for a pushrod end where it connects to a control arm (hyph., pl.)

1. First Bulgarian Amateur _____ CubeSat to Launch in 2018 *

2. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

3. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

4. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

5. Opposite of I.D.

6. Unit of weight (pl.)

7. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

9. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)

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

11. Chemical symbol for antimony

12. Unit used in the measurement of radioactivity was named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in both Physics and Chemistry

14. Test equipment (abbr.)

16. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)

17. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

19. Network department (abbr.)

20. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

23. Part of a FOR loop

25. A common battery cell size

26. Network department (abbr.)

28. Radio Amateurs in Atlantic Canada Go on Standby During _________ Outage *

29. Middle winding on a transformer (2 wds.)

30. Chemically induced effects

32. Cutbacks Hit Radio-_________ Project *

33. European equivalent to the U.L.

34. Decimeter (abbr.)

36. Carrier Coalition Praises ___ for Midband Spectrum NOI *

37. Transformer interwinding connection

39. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

40. Test point (abbr.)

42. Half of DSB

43. Indium phosphide

51. Having power applied (slang)

52. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)

54. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

56. Data transmission pathway

58. Mr. de Forest's first name

59. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

64. Logarithmic unit of power

65. Electronics components & batteries supplier based in Japan

69. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity

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

71. Web service for cross referencing domain names, IP addresses, owners, etc.

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

76. Unit of length (abbr.)

79. FCC Issues Rules to Open Spectrum for Vehicular _____ *

81. One type of electron spin

82. Chemical symbol for silicon

84. 2 x SSB

86. International Amateur Radio Union (abbr.)

87. Color quality

89. Shorthand for oxygen

90. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

92. Chemical symbol for cesium

94. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

95. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

97. A BPF specification (abbr.)

98. Opposite of USB

100. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

102. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

103. Opposite of a LO

105. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

106. Infrared (abbr.)

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

109. Start frequency (abbr.)


See solution below

 

2017 Crosswords Archive

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RF Cafe Engineering CrosswordSolution w/Weekly Headlines August 13, 2017