Electronics Theme Crossword Puzzle
May 16, 2021

This Electronics Theme Crossword Puzzle for May 16th has many words and clues related to RF, microwave, and mm-wave engineering, optics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical subjects. As always, this crossword contains no names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort unless it/he/she is related to this puzzle's technology theme (e.g., Reginald Denny or the Tunguska event in Siberia). The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate the effort. Enjoy!


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

Electronics Theme Crossword Puzzle for May 16th, 2021 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. A class of subatomic particles that are composed of quarks and take part in the strong interaction

6. Gain of one amplifier

11. 1/60 of a minute of angular measurement

13. 12 inches (pl.)

15. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

16. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

18. Chemical symbol for radium

19. Greek letter (micro)

20. S12 or S21 (abbr.)

22. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

23. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.)

25. On-the-air meeting of hams at a set time, day and radio frequency

26. Junk e-mail

27. Filter type also known as 'Cauer' (pl.)

31. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

33. Part of a directive antenna that derives energy from mutual coupling with the driven element (2 wds.)

41. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)

42. Unit of apparent power (2 wds, pl.)

47. Inductor

49. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

50. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

51. Chemical symbol for thallium

53. Chemical symbol for tin

54. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

55. Chemical symbol for silver

56. Virtual Private Network

58. Wireless transmitting device that opens a car door remotely

60. Low altitude earth orbit

62. Mr. Fraunhofer's first name

64. Did not pass electrical test

65. Software object reference names

1. Chemical symbol for helium

2. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)

3. ____tail, a type of strong wood joint

4. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

5. Opposite of I.D.

7. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

8. Enrico _____, nuclear physicist

9. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

10. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

11. Propagation by means of ionospheric reflection

12. Chemical symbol for tantalum

14. Mate to a bolt (pl.)

16. Curly-Q type light bulb (abbr.)

17. SIP x 2

19. Transitioning from solid to liquid phase

21. Hedy _____, Hollywood actress with first patent for spread spectrum communications

22. Create a power supply output w/o a ground reference

24. Alloy of iron and low percentages of carbon, manganese, chromium, etc.

25. 1e-6 mA

26. ____ Meet, a Ham's flea market

28. Stock symbol for Intel

29. Study for a test just before taking it

30. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

32. Made use of a communication type that method makes use of electromagnetic waves

34. Automated universal inductance tester - watch that 3rd letter, (abbr.)

35. Things in a bill of material

36. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

37. A popular spreadsheet

38. IC killer (abbr.)

39. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)

40. Loose end of a cable

42. Circuit element connecting PCB layers (pl.)

43. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

44. Alternative name for Beta Persei

45. Peak Inverse Voltage

46. Stock symbol for Raytheon

48. Foot/12

52. Front end of a rocket

55. Anatech Electronics Inc., (abbr.)

57. Max or min voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

58. Wireless transmitting device that opens a car door remotely

59. 10 decibels

60. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

61. Chemical symbol for selenium

62. Intel x86 command for " jump if above"

63. Unit of time (abbr.)


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Electronics Theme Crossword Solution for May 16th, 2021 - RF Cafe