Radio Theme Crossword Puzzle
June 13, 2021

This Radio Theme Crossword Puzzle for June 13 has many words and clues related to RF, microwave, and mm-wave engineering, optics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical subjects. Also, it contains at least five (5) instances of this puzzle's theme word. 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

Radio Theme Crossword Puzzle for June 13, 2021 - RF Cafe

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1. Mr. Biot's first and second name

8. Satellite TV system

9. Switch position

10. Chemical symbol for chromium

11. Chemical symbol for erbium

13. Unit of length (abbr.)

14. Greek letter

15. Internet protocol (abbr.)

16. Chemical symbol for iron

18. A BPF specification (abbr.)

20. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

22. Surface Mount Technology

24. Wavelength division multiplexing (abbr.)

25. Galilean moon

26. Decibels above or below a dipole antenna (abbr.)

27. Chemical symbol for tantalum

28. The "R" in RF

30. Unit of time (abbr.)

32. Circuit element connecting PCB layers (pl.)

34. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

35. Heat sink feature

37. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

38. A common battery cell size

39. The point that is the same distance from every point on the circumference of a circle (Brit.)

43. 1.602E-19 Joules

45. This crossword puzzles main theme

48. Test equipment (abbr.)

49. Chemical symbol for tin

50. Chemical symbol for cesium

52. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

54. PCB metal area where component leads attach (pl.)

56. Chemical symbol for thallium

58. Diac that can be turned back off (pl.)

61. Chemical symbol for platinum

62. Type of logic gate

64. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

66. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

68. Move in a raster pattern

70. Chemical symbol for cobalt

71. AM and FM _____

74. One type of electron spin

75. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)

77. Chemical symbol for europium

79. Half of a DIP

80. Type of chart

81. International Telecommunications Union

82. Chemical symbol for rhodium

83. European equivalent to the U.L.

84. Chemical symbol for antimony

85. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

86. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

87. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

89. Intermodulation (abbr.)

90. Type of current flow (abbr.)

91. Type of distribution, squared

93. Physicist after whom a law describing the direction of EMF and current resulting from induction is named (2 wds.)

1. JavaScript (abbr.)

2. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

3. Step-up type voltage regulator (pl.)

4. Army-Navy specification prefix

5. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity

6. Infrared (abbr.)

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

8. Decimeter (abbr.)

12. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

13. Maker of components

14. Communication type that method makes use of electromagnetic waves

15. Network department (abbr.)

16. Frequency Division Duplex

17. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

19. Electrical current standard where positive charges flow toward negative potential

20. Chemical symbol for palladium

21. Logarithmic unit of voltage (abbr.)

23. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

24. World Amateur Radio Conference

28. Chemical symbol for radium

29. One port of an amplifier

31. Chemical symbol for silicon

33. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)

34. Display a radar target

36. Chemical symbol for neon

38. Change connector type

40. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

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

42. Type of flip-flop

44. Circuit element connecting PCB layers

46. Chemical symbol for aluminum

47. Opposite of I.D.

51. Chemical symbol for strontium

53. Unit of volume (abbr.)

55. System On Chip

57. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

59. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

60. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock

63. The "R" in RFI

65. Type of current

67. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

68. Verbal communications

69. Nordic Mobile Telephone

72. File name extension for an ASCII file

73. Singulated piece of IC wafer

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

76. Chemical symbol for gold

78. 300 MHz to 3 GHz

80. Chemical symbol for lead

84. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)

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

88. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

89. One port of an amplifier

90. Type of current flow (abbr.)

91. Cyanide (abbr.)

92. CPS


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Radio Theme Crossword Solution for June 13, 2021 - RF Cafe