RF Cafe Technical Headlines Crossword Puzzle
August 11, 2019

This RF Cafe Technical Headlines Crossword Puzzle contains at least 10 words from headlines posted on the homepage during the week of August 5 through August 9, 2019 (marked with an asterisk*). These custom-made engineering and science-themed crossword puzzles are done weekly for the brain-exercising benefit and pleasure of RF Cafe visitors who are fellow cruciverbalists. Every word and clue - without exception - in these RF Cafe puzzles has been personally entered into a very large database that encompasses engineering, science, physical, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, etc. Let me know if you would like a custom crossword puzzle built for your company, school, club, etc. (no charge).

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

Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle August 11, 2019 - RF Cafe

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1. Autopilot Failed to Keep _____ from Sliding under Semi*

6. Type of flip flop

7. Sweden's Biggest Cities Face _____ Shortage After Fuel-Tax Hike*

13. Blocking 5G from ______ Will Limit Its Potential*

15. Optical storage media

17. Army-Navy specification prefix

18. Unintended frequency product from a mixer

21. Chemical symbol for erbium

22. Group Formed to Promote ___*

24. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

26. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

27. Time division duplex (abbr.)

28. Google Researchers Find Six ___ Security Flaws*

30. Chemical symbol for silicon

32. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

34. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

36. Chemical symbol for iron

37. Band between RF and BB

38. 300 Hz to 3 kHz in audio (abbr.)

40. Future-Proof Your ______ with Lifetime Education*

43. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

44. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

45. Rechargeable battery type (abbr.)

47. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

48. Greek letter, used to indicate summation

50. Contractors Fail to Secure Sensitive ___ Information*

53. Part of this website's title

54. 1 Dead, 1 Injured in NH ___ Radio Tower Mishap*

56. One port of an amplifier

58. Receiver/transmitter that listens for a transmission and re-transmits it

61. Chemical symbol for europium

62. Automatic Packet Position Reporting System (abbr.)

63. ____ Aims for 70% 5G Coverage by 2023*

65. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit

66. Plot through a family of characteristic curves the shows the operating point for a device (2 wds.)

70. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)

72. Network department (abbr.)

73. Unit of length (abbr.)

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

75. Pure carrier (abbr.)

77. Chemical symbol for gallium

78. Ctr+Alt+Del

81. Circuit boards (abbr.)

83. 1/12ths of a year

86. One port of an amplifier

87. Part of a FOR loop

88. Internet protocol (abbr.)

90. Recovered the modulation from the RF signal

95. Chemical symbol for tantalum

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

98. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

100. Opposite of O.D.

101. System On Chip

103. Switch configuration (abbr.)

105. Powers pneumatic devices

107. Regulators Must Resist Urge to Cash in on 5G ________*

108. Went beyond published limits

1. Chemical symbol for thulium

2. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

3. ____ Meet, a Ham's flea market

4. PCB metal area where component leads attach

5. Video presentation with sound (abbr.)

7. Chemical symbol for palladium

8. Used logic gates

9. An 8-bit unit

10. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

11. Type of flip-flop

12. Enclosure (pl.)

14. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

15. Chemical symbol for chromium

16. Lowest range of system frequencies

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

20. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

23. __-__ 5 vs. __-__ 6 Feature Comparison*

25. Feedback system used to maintain constant signal level (abbr.)

27. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)

29. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (abbr.)

31. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

33. 10E1 numerical prefix

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

35. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)

39. Frequency Division Duplex

41. ____ earth elements

42. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)

43. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)

46. ICs

49. Karl Friedrich _____, after whom the unit of magnetic field strength is named

51. Type of logic gate

52. Morse Code for "from"

54. Chemical symbol for helium

55. Chemical symbol for argon

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

59. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

60. Television Interference (abbr.)

61. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

62. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit

64. The "H" in UHF

65. ________ Recording Passengers with Hidden Cameras & Mics*

66. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

67. Logarithmic unit of power (abbr.)

68. Opposite of USB

69. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

71. Connected devices in series

73. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

76. Write-Once (abbr.)

79. Chemical symbol for bismuth

80. Exponent that returns the original number

81. Push to Talk (abbr.)

82. Adjust a pot

84. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

85. Part of a FOR loop

89. Related to FM by a differential

91. Equalizer (abbr.)

92. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronics (abbr.)

93. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

94. Chemical symbol for erbium

95. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

97. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and monitoring of everything (abbr.)

99. Type of chart

101. Chemical symbol for scandium

102. Chemical symbol for chromium

103. Type of component package (abbr.)

104. Test equipment (abbr.)

105. Type of current flow (abbr.)

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


See solution below

 

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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 & Science Crossword Solution August 11, 2019 - RF Cafe