RF Cafe Engineering & Technical Headlines Crossword Puzzle
September 8, 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 2 through September 6, 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 8, 2019 - RF Cafe

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1. Shortlist Revealed for the World _____________ Awards 2019*

7. Boob tube (abbr.)

9. U.S. Dominates Top 10 VC Investors in ___ Tech in 2018*

11. Having power applied (slang)

12. Chemical symbol for neon

13. Police Gain Access to Doorbell ____*

15. Chemical symbol for lithium

17. Apollo 11 astronaut ____ Armstrong

20. 1e-6 mA

21. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

23. Chemical symbol for manganese

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

26. Aerodynamic opposition to thrust

29. Volkswagen, NXP Show 1st Car Using ___ to Combat Relay Theft*

30. Connected to a transformer interwinding point

32. Qualcomm Targets Wi-Fi Market in Push to Expand Beyond ______*

34. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

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

37. Type of high speed Internet service (abbr.)

38. Metric angle unit

42. Opposite of I.D.

44. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1789

48. Image file format name extension

51. Half of a DIP

52. Mate to a bolt

54. BASIC program command

55. The scalar component of velocity

57. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

58. CRT electron beam scan type

60. Last statement in a BASIC program

62. A common battery cell size

64. Modem encoding method (abbr.)

66. ______ cosine filter

69. Mr. Arrhenius' first name

72. Opposite of USB

74. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.)

76. Angular speed unit

77. Revenues Shrink for __ Design Houses*

79. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

80. Chemical symbol for gallium

81. Fuse metals together using heat

83. Chemical symbol for arsenic

84. Logical gate type (pl.)

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

88. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

90. "Texting" (abbr.)

91. Chemical symbol for nobelium

92. Google and Amazon Use _____ ________ for Surveillance (2 wds.)*

1. German _____ Orders Recall of Everlight LED Products for Infringing Seoul Semi Patent*

2. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

3. Negation prefix

4. Thing in a bill of material

5. Circuit that reduces interference (abbr.)

6. Test equipment (abbr.)

7. Chemical symbol for tantalum

8. Abbreviation for minimum voltage

9. International Amateur Radio Union (abbr.)

10. Electrical generator locomotions

13. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

14. Greek letter, used to indicate summation (pl.)

15. Elementary particles

16. Input intercept point (abbr.)

18. Indium phosphide (abbr.)

19. Glue together

22. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)

24. Galilean moon

25. AT&T Tees up for 24 GHz Drive _____*

27. Chemical symbol for radon

28. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)

31. Design for Manufacturability (abbr.)

33. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock

36. Slang for transmitter and/or receiver

39. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

40. Google Says Hackers Put Monitoring Implants in _______ for Years*

41. 5G ________ Network Infrastructure Revenue to Double over Next Year*

43. Device under test (abbr.)

45. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

46. Automatic Testing, Evaluation & Reporting (abbr.)

47. Wi-Fi Like _____ Measures Speed and Distance of Indoor Movement*

49. Chemical symbol for iron

50. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

53. High-temp wire insulation

56. 10E1 numerical prefix (pl.)

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

61. SIP x 2 (pl.)

63. A feedback scheme to level out the receiver audio volume (abbr.)

65. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

67. Type of component package (abbr.)

68. Singulated piece of IC wafer

70. A common battery cell size

71. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)

73. Units of heat

75. Metric system (abbr.)

78. Abruptly limit the amplitude of a signal

81. Term used in soldering to achieve the condition that occurs when the metals being soldered are hot enough to melt the solder so it flows over the surface

82. Singulated piece of IC wafer

85. Switch position

86. Read-only (abbr.)

87. Chemical symbol for erbium

89. Chemical symbol for radium


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 & Technical Headlines Crossword Solution September 8, 2019 - RF Cafe