RF Cafe Engineering & Technical Headlines Crossword Puzzle
September 22, 2019

This RF Cafe Engineering & Technical Headlines Crossword Puzzle contains at least 10 words from headlines posted on the homepage during the week of September 16 through September 20, 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 September 22, 2019 - RF Cafe

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1. Plate or vane used to direct or control movement of fluid or air within confined area

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

9. Prefix used on many MIL-SPEC components

10. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

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

13. Band between RF and BB

14. Miniature RF connector

15. _____ TVs, Smart-Home Devices Collecting Sensitive User Data*

16. Type of current flow (abbr.)

18. Q2 ____ Inventory Was 93 Days*

19. Galilean moon

20. Test point (abbr.)

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

22. PC follower

23. Regions of low relative pressure

26. One of the Ws in WWW

29. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

30. Unintentionally impress a signal on a transmission line (2 wds.)

33. S12 or S21 (abbr.)

34. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

36. What is the result of multiplying the mass of an object by its velocity

40. ___ Proposes to Make All Universal Licensing System Filings Electronic*

42. Digital encoding of the transmission mode in the vertical sync portion of an SSTV image (abbr.)

43. Use software for circuit or system design

45. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr.)

47. Army-Navy specification prefix

50. What is the natural conversion of one element into another by radioactive decay

53. Chemical symbol for arsenic

55. Type of memory

56. Adjusts the design to accommodate tolerances

58. Opposite of a LO

59. Chemical symbol for plutonium

60. Part of a FOR loop

61. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

62. Impenetrable physical barrier

63. Army-Navy specification prefix

64. 8 GHz to 12.5 GHz

67. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)

68. Chemical symbol for cesium

69. ______ Joins 5G Alliance to Promote 5G Technology in Manufacturing*

71. Chemical symbol for neptunium

72. Modem encoding method (abbr.)

74. Not hot

75. SIA Pushes for Export Permits for ______ Sales*

1. Stock symbol for Boeing

2. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)

3. ___ vs. Qualcomm - Support Pours in for Qualcomm*

4. Chemical symbol for lithium

5. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

6. Scheduling graph types

7. Internet mail protocol (abbr.)

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

9. Type of transistor (abbr.)

11. Decimeter (abbr.)

12. Software object reference name

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

15. Audible emanation

17. Pentagon Releases Unified _____ Standard for Contractors*

19. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

24. Reciprocal of impedance

25. Meter/1000

27. Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (abbr.)

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

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

32. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)

35. Logic family

36. 1e3 uV

37. Output intercept point (abbr.)

38. Stock symbol for Microsoft

39. 1E6 nanoseconds

41. European equivalent to the U.L.

44. Sample groups

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

48. Unit of time (abbr.)

49. _____ Announces Final Teams to Compete in Spectrum Collaboration Challenge*

51. Joined a male and a female connector

52. Mr. Bohr's first name

54. Audible emanation

56. Six Reasons _____ Has Survived to Age 60*

57. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

58. 4 Reasons Why Someone Would ____ Your Car*

60. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator

62. Fail-____ switch

65. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

66. Chemical symbol for nobelium

67. Intel 8086 or Motorola 6800 (abbr.)

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

71. 1e-6 mA

73. Chemical symbol for silicon


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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 September 22, 2019 - RF Cafe