RF Engineering Terms Crossword Puzzle
November 21, 2021

This RF Engineering themed crossword puzzle for November 21st contains only clues and words are directly to RF, microwave, and mm-wave engineering, optics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other science 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

RF Engineering Terms Crossword Puzzle for November 21st, 2021 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. GaAs (2 wds.)
6. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.)
7. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
9. Force or load that produces elongation
11. Trigger circuit to convert a given waveform to a square wave output
13. Chemical symbol for argon
14. Opposite of a LO
16. Common gateway interface (abbr.)
17. World Amateur Radio Conference
20. Unit of energy (pl.)
23. Electrical overstress (abbr.)
26. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)
27. Last statement in a BASIC program
29. Exponent that returns the original number
30. Chemical symbol for palladium
32. Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (abbr.)
34. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (abbr.)
36. Write-Once (abbr.)
37. Schema for computer or device presentation to the operator (abbr.)
38. A type of jet fighter
40. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)
41. Changes from one thing into another
44. Its chemical symbol is Ba
45. Chemical symbol for dysprosium
46. The cell band above DCN
47. Wireless application protocol (abbr.)
48. Speaker for generating high frequencies (pl.)
51. The nearest star - Alpha ________
52. Chemical element abbreviated Sn
53. Modem encoding method (abbr.)
54. Actively cause to remain within tolerance
56. The Cosmos
58. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)
59. Slang for when a professor hints at an exam problem (abbr.)
61. Chemical symbol for plutonium
62. Feature in some waveguides used to increase operational bandwidth (pl.)
66. In equilibrium
70. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)
71. Mr. Röntgen's first name
76. Chemical symbol for selenium
77. 1E6 nanoseconds
78. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)
79. Encased in a protective covering
81. Chemical symbol for radium
82. Greek letter
84. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
86. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)
88. Adjust a pot
89. Mr. Blattenberger of RF Cafe
90. Stock symbol for Google
91. Compound used as the frequency determining element in microwave oscillators
93. Greek letter
94. Chemical symbol for thallium
95. CB slang for police speed radar (pl.)
98. Type of aircraft dope
102. Chemical symbol for calcium
103. Network file transfer protocol (abbr.)
104. Founder of the ARRL (3 wds.)
1. Abbreviation for 1 Across
2. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)
3. Isolated charge
4. A number that can be expressed as a/b, where a, b are integers
5. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)
6. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
8. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)
9. Which isotope of hydrogen has a mass which is about three times that of the normal isotope
10. Rechargeable battery type (abbr., pl.)
11. Verbal communications
12. A statement that has been proven on the basis of previously established statements
13. Chemical symbol for silver
15. Charged particle
16. Overcurrent protection device (2 wds., pl.)
18. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
19. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)
21. Chemical symbol for radon
22. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
24. Propagation phenomenon in which closely-spaced frequencies experience markedly different fading at the same time (2 wds.)
25. Unintended frequency product from a mixer
28. An ellipse has two of them
31. SIP x 2
33. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)
35. Unit of length (abbr.)
36. BER, 8 bits at a time
39. A feedback scheme to level out the receiver audio volume (abbr.)
40. Medium for storing large amounts of digital data
42. High Data Rate
43. Overall functional units
44. Data safeguards
49. Silicon transistor type
50. Bands between RF and baseband
55. Technical drawing structure
57. Mate to a bolt
60. Ham's code for "Your net frequency is High."
62. Automatonic
63. Logarithmic unit of voltage
64. One state of matter
65. Oscillator type that is referenced to an external source (abbr.)
67. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)
68. Light ray
69. 2 60 bytes of data
71. Transfers data to a disk
72. One port of an amplifier
73. C++, Java, BASIC, or Fortran, for example
74. Plane that the sun makes with the earth
75. Amount of deviation from nominal and still being within specification
80. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)
83. Base 16 number system (abbr.)
84. Chemical symbol for silicon
85. Type of logic gate
87. Part of a FOR loop
92. S12 or S21 (abbr.)
96. Type of current flow (abbr.)
97. milliampere-hour (abbr.)
99. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)
100. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)
101. Test point (abbr.) 

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RF Engineering Terms Crossword Puzzle for November 21st, 2021 - RF Cafe