This RF & Microwave themed crossword puzzle for December 5th 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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2. Geometrical figure defined as a curve in which
every point is equidistant from a fixed point 5. Type of component - not variable
8. Summers 13. Computer communication scheme (abbr.) 15. Chemical symbol for
molybdenum 16. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by." 18. Notch type filter
(abbr.) 21. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.) 22. Silicon transistor
type (abbr.) 24. Unit of time (abbr.) 25. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
27. General Mobile Radio Service (abbr.) 29. Electronic component package type
(abbr.) 31. Fail-____ switch 33. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)
35. Upper frequency (abbr.) 36. 10E1 numerical prefix 38. Galilean moon
39. Stock 41. Type of matrix barcode used with laser scanning(abbr.) 42. Circuit
path with very high or infinite impedance 44. Official Space Shuttle designation
(abbr.) 45. Schematic label for voltage supply node 46. Describes the action
of cleaving a crystal plane 47. Agilent's (now Keysight) EE design software (abbr.)
48. Software layer that allows a system to be programmed via a defined set of commands
(abbr.) 49. Type of logic gate (pl.) 50. Type of programmable device (abbr.)
53. __ + 28 Down is the theme of this week's RF Cafe crossword puzzle 55. Electromagnetic
interference (abbr.) 56. Decimeter (abbr.) 57. Set of poles 60. Chemical
symbol for chromium 61. What number is defined as a one followed by 100 noughts
62. The "N" in SNR (pl.) 63. Unit of length (abbr.) 64. Type of data conversion
device (abbr., pl.) 66. Unit of magnetic flux(abbr.) 67. The "L" in VLF
68. Chemical symbol for praseodymium 69. Type of current 71. Type of logic
gate 72. Very large unit of apparent power (abbr.) 73. Ground fault interrupter
(abbr.) 75. Input intercept point (abbr.) 77. Type of data conversion device
(abbr.) 78. Ham abbreviation for transceiver 80. Charged particles 83.
Abbreviation for minimum voltage 85. Network configuration type (pl.) 87.
Unit of length (abbr.) 88. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.) 91.
Morse Code for "from" 93. Chemical symbol for antimony 94. Equipment 96.
Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)
97. A compiler directive 99. Chemical symbol for lithium 100. 1/000 of an
amp (abbr.) 101. Electromotive force (abbr.) 103. One type of electron spin
104. Color quality 106. Form of digital phase modulation in which the phase of
the RF signal depends on the modulating code (abbr.) 107. Unit of frequency (archaic,
abbr.) 109. Hub of the solar system 110. A final surface coating 111. Nikola
_____ 112. Type of Morse Code key |
1. Color code for the number 6 (pl.) 2. Cyanide
(abbr.) 3. Centimeter (abbr.) 4. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.) 5.
Chemical symbol for iron 6. Transformer, abbr. 7. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)
9. Singulated piece of IC wafer 10. Type of current 11. Chemical symbol for
tin 12. Balun with both ports unbalanced (pl.) 14. Chemical symbol for arsenic
16. Ham's code for "Shall I increase power?" 17. Unit of time (abbr.) 19.
Type of flip-flop 20. List of answers to commonly desired information about a
product or service (abbr.) 23. Unit of capacitance (abbr.) 25. BS__ - the
degree held by many RF Cafe visitors 26. Chemical symbol for scandium 28.
53 Across + _________ is the theme of this week's RF Cafe crossword puzzle 29.
Orbiting communications platform 30. Conductor used to bleed charge from a high
voltage supply bank 32. Frequency at which an imaging device produces unique
consecutive images (2 wds.) 33. Chemical symbol for neptunium 34. Chemical
symbol for iron 36. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.) 37. A feedback scheme
to level out the receiver audio volume (abbr.) 39. Chemical symbol for copper
40. Yard (abbr.) 42. Output intercept point (abbr.) 43. Type of logic gate
51. Display type 52. Error checking scheme (abbr.) 54. Wireless transmitting
device that opens a car door remotely 56. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)
58. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices 59. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)
64. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices 65. "Texting" (abbr.) 69. High-speed
logic family 70. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency reference oscillators
(abbr.) 71. Summer 74. Start frequency (abbr.) 76. Network department (abbr.)
79. 8 GHz to 12.5 GHz 81. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.) 82. Chemical symbol
for niobium 84. milliampere-hour (abbr.) 86. Volts divided by resistance
87. Modem encoding method (abbr.) 89. S12 or S21 (abbr.) 90. Ratio of circumference
to diameter 92. Electromagnetic (abbr.) 94. World's first satellite navigation
system (abbr.) 95. Chemical symbol for ruthenium 97. Unit of time (abbr.)
98. Miniature threaded RF connector 100. Greek letter (micro) 102. Small unit
of capacitance (abbr.) 103. Schema for computer or device presentation to the
operator (abbr.) 105. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.) 106. Last stage
in a transmitter (abbr.) 108. Chemical symbol for cadmium 109. Chemical symbol
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