RF System Analysis Crossword Puzzle
July 9, 2017

This week's crossword puzzle has an RF System Analysis theme. Most of the longer words are terms you will find in cascade calculators such as Wireless System Designer. Avid cruciverbalists amongst us appreciate that 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). Enjoy!


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

RF System Analysis Crossword Puzzle for July 9, 2017 - RF Cafe

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1. Fail-____ switch

4. Scheduling graph types

9. __ + 19 Across, the world's best engineering website

11. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

12. The Microwave Office software company (abbr.)

14. Microwaves & __, a premier industry magazine

16. Greek letter

18. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.)

19. 9 Across + ____, world's best engineering website

21. Amplifier linearity specification (abbr.)

23. PC follower

24. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)

25. Quantum electron property

26. Word used in describing 2-D and 3-D object dimensions; i.e., 10 mm __ 25 mm

28. Heater element in a vacuum tube (pl.)

31. Solid state power amplifier (abbr.)

34. Chemical symbol for calcium

35. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)

36. Have a chemically induced effect

39. Has a positive phase wrt a reference

40. Type of data conversion device (abbr., pl.)

41. Chemical symbol for erbium

43. Transformer, abbr.

44. Device for slowing down signals

48. Chemical symbol for francium

50. Adjacent Channel Power Ratio (abbr.)

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

56. One port of an amplifier

58. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)

60. Smartphone display (abbr., pl.)

61. Exponent that returns the original number

62. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)

64. Chemical symbol for neptunium

65. 10E1 numerical prefix (pl.)

66. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)

67. Chemical symbol for scandium

69. Referring to a right triangle, the trigonometric function equal to the ratio between the side opposite a given angle, and the hypotenuse, pl.

70. Filter types (abbr., pl.)

2. Chemical symbol for argon

3. Fast Fourier transform (abbr.)

4. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr., pl.)

5. ECM response

6. Total Access Communication System (abbr.)

7. ____ Meet, a Ham's flea market

8. Computer monitor (abbr., pl.)

10. The "A" in ATE

11. Its chemical symbol is Ar

13. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

15. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

17. A common battery cell size

20. World's 1st fully electronic digital computer (abbr.)

22. Antenna gain unit (abbr.)

27. Ham-ese for Young Lady

29. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

30. First American woman in space (2 wds.)

31. Miniature threaded RF connector

32. Electronic component package type (abbr.)

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

36. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

37. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

38. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)

40. Leaded component type

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

45. A coherent monochrome light source

46. Band between RF and BB

47. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

49. Waveform min to max specification (abbr.)

51. Imaging device (abbr.)

52. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr., pl.)

53. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

54. ____-Einstein condensates

55. Low- to mid- frequency connectors

57. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

59. Chemical symbol for tin

63. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)

68. Chemical symbol for californium


See solution below

 

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RF System Analysis Crossword Solution for July 9, 2017 - RF Cafe