RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
June 9, 2019

Since 2000, I have been creating custom engineering- and science-themed crossword puzzles for the brain-exercising benefit and pleasure of RF Cafe visitors who are fellow cruciverbalists. The jury is out on whether or not this type of mental challenge helps keep your gray matter from atrophying in old age, but it certainly helps maintain your vocabulary and cognitive skills at all ages. A database of thousands of words has been built up over the years and contains only clues and terms associated with engineering, science, physical, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, etc. You will never find a word taxing your knowledge of a numbnut soap opera star or the name of some obscure village in the Andes mountains. You might, however, encounter the name of a movie star like Hedy Lamarr or a geographical location like Tunguska, Russia, for reasons which, if you don't already know, might surprise you.

cruciverbalist: [noun]  cruci- ("cross") +‎ verbal ("words") +‎ -ist ("agent, person") -- A person who constructs or works crosswords.


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

Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle June 9, 2019 - RF Cafe

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1. Channel used for earth-to-satellite communications

5. Considered the 4th dimension

9. Greek letter

10. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

11. An electronic device that requires power to operate

13. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

14. Time division duplex (abbr.)

15. _____ conductor

16. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

18. Applies a lubricant

19. Abbreviation for peak voltage

20. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

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

22. Opposite of I.D.

23. CB slang for police speed radar (pl.)

26. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc. (abbr., pl.)

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

30. The "S" in CMOS

33. Chemical symbol for platinum

34. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)

36. Restraining voltage input

40. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

42. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)

43. Physics of accelerated motion

45. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

47. Chemical symbol for manganese

50. Difference in voltage between the surface of the diffuse layer surrounding a colloidal particle and the bulk liquid beyond (2 wds.)

53. PC follower

55. Slang for transmitter and/or receiver

56. Prevent the direct physical transfer of signals from one point to another

58. Unit of length (abbr.)

59. Chemical symbol for thulium

60. Unit of time (abbr.)

61. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

62. International phonetic alphabet letter "Z"

63. Chemical symbol for helium

64. Tied a bundle of wires together

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

68. Unit of time (abbr.)

69. Web's most popular radio frequency engineering site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

71. A common battery cell size

72. Ham abbreviation for transceiver

74. ECM response

75. Calendar that preceded the Gregorian calendar

1. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

2. Plain Old Telephone System

3. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

4. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

5. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity

6. Things in a bill of material

7. Gigantic star in the constellation Cetus

8. 1.602E-19 Joules

9. The "D" in RFID (pl.)

11. Chemical symbol for gold

12. Traditional term for a person who enjoys helping newcomers get started in ham radio - a mentor

13. Type of antenna constructed from one or more winding(s) of wire or rods (pl.)

15. The scalar component of velocity

17. Flip-flop control input

19. Abbreviation for minimum voltage

24. Mass of an element

25. Angle described by sine/cosine

27. Refers to the IEEE802.11 networks (abbr.)

28. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)

31. One type of electron spin

32. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

35. RF connector type

36. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

37. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)

38. Barry ____, "Microwave Product Digest" magazine editor (c2014)

39. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

41. Type of flip-flop

44. Reliability measure

46. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)

48. Chemical symbol for neptunium

49. Third planet from the sun

51. Used lubricant

52. One of the first commercial software spreadsheets, (w/123)

54. Software device for tracking elapsed time

56. First name of a British scientist of falling apple fame

57. Modulation type (abbr.)

58. Used to remove oxidation during soldering

60. Type of programmable device (abbr.)

62. 6th Greek letter

65. Airflow rate (abbr.)

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

67. The computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey

70. Chemical symbol for iron

71. Chemical symbol for gold

73. Chemical symbol for radon


See solution below

 

2019 Crossword Puzzle Archive

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Cruciverbalist:

A cruciverbalist is a person who is skilled at creating or solving crossword puzzles. The term is a combination of "cruci-" from "crucifix," meaning cross, and "verbalist" from "verbal," indicating a person who deals with words. cruciverbalists are often responsible for designing crossword puzzles, and they possess a deep knowledge of wordplay, vocabulary, and the techniques used in constructing and solving crosswords. They aim to make puzzles that are both challenging and enjoyable for crossword enthusiasts.

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Engineering &amp; Science Crossword Solution June 9