RF Cafe Engineering & Technical Headlines Crossword Puzzle
August 25, 2019

This RF Cafe Engineering & Technical Headlines Crossword Puzzle contains at least 10 words from headlines posted on the homepage during the week of August 19 through August 23, 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).

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 & Technology Headlines Crossword Puzzle August 25, 2019 - RF Cafe

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1. Three to Launch 5G Home _________ in London*

7. _____ Liquid Electrolyte Reduces Supercapacitor Flammability*

9. Structure of columns and rows

12. Imaging device (abbr.)

13. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

16. Weight (abbr.)

18. Base 16 number system (abbr.)

20. Discoverer of Jupiter's moons

24. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

26. The "B" in BER

27. Effective Radiated Power (abbr.)

28. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

29. Very large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

31. Army-Navy specification prefix

32. Chemical symbol for strontium

34. _____sat 18 Satellite Encounters Problem After Launch*

36. Summer

38. Mr. Morse's first name

41. Logic family

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

43. Chemical symbol for strontium

44. Computer messaging service

46. Power supply vendor in Andover, MA

48. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

49. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector

50. Type of logic gate

51. Chemical symbol for rhodium

53. Trans European Trunked RAdio

56. Susan _____, "Microwave Journal" magazine editor (c2014)

59. Opposite of I.D.

61. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

62. Half of a DIP

64. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for cobalt

66. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

67. Chemical symbol for scandium

68. 1/1000 prefix

70. Network department (abbr.)

71. Type of logic gate

72. The "L" in VLF

74. Unit of weight

75. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

77. Silicon transistor type

78. Quantum electron property

80. Physicists Use Light Discover, Control New _______ States*

82. States to Move Forward with Antitrust Probe of Big ____ Firms*

83. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (abbr.)

85. Singulated piece of IC wafer

86. _____-wise linear

88. Schema for computer or device presentation to the operator (abbr.)

89. A common battery cell size

92. Logical negation operator

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

94. Hacker Community to Take on DARPA Defenses at DEF CON 2019

96. Physical quantity defined as being the work done per unit time

98. A coherent monochrome light source (pl.)

99. Small motored tool for model drilling, grinding, shaping, etc.

100. File name extension for an ASCII file

101. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)

1. Low- to mid- frequency RF connector

2. Feature in some waveguides used to increase operational bandwidth

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

4. PC follower

5. 1e-6 mA

6. Logarithmic unit of power (abbr.)

8. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)

10. Speedtest Data Shows Verizon 5G over 800% Faster Than ___*

11. Chinese Companies Exiting _____*

13. International phonetic alphabet letter "A"

14. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

15. Type of high-tech data gathering system (abbr.)

17. One property of light (pl.)

19. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

21. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor

22. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

23. Type of logic gate

25. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)

26. Huawei to Ship >2M 5G ____ Stations by 2020, Despite U.S.*

30. FCC Dismisses ____, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding*

32. Device for linearly adding two or more inputs (pl.)

33. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)

35. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

36. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)

37. Smallsat Companies Teaming up on _______ Experiment*

39. Swap ____, a Ham's flea market

40. Constellation : The scales

42. _____ Percy Maxim, founder of the ARRL

45. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

46. Aircraft navigation system (abbr.)

47. Greek letter

52. Queries an input for changes

54. RF connector type

55. 1/000 of an inch

57. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)

58. Change from one thing into another

60. _______ Voltage - Lowest input level for which a voltage regulator will produce a predetermined output

62. SIgnal to Noise And Distortion (abbr.)

63. Most positive element in a vacuum tube

65. Idea

68. Minutes of Use (abbr.)

69. International Telecommunications Union

73. __-__ Alliance Certification Program for Wi-Fi Network Diagnostic Data Collection*

74. Slang for when a professor hints at an exam problem (abbr.)

76. _______ + RF Systems, RF amplifier maker in Inglewood, CA

77. Positive emitter-coupled logic (abbr.)

79. Chemical symbol for neodymium

81. Chemical symbol for nickel

82. Test equipment (abbr.)

84. Stephen ____ - popular author on microwave circuit design

87. Thing in a bill of material

90. Length times width

91. Automatic Packet Position Reporting System (abbr.)

92. Logical gate type (pl.)

94. 10E1 numerical prefix

95. File name extension for an ASCII file

96. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

97. 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 & Technical Headlines Crossword Solution August 25, 2019 - RF Cafe