This custom made Antenna theme crossword puzzle for January 30th is provided
compliments of RF Cafe. All RF Cafe crossword puzzles are custom made
by me, Kirt Blattenberger, and have only words and clues related to RF, microwave,
and mm-wave engineering, optics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical
subjects. As always, this crossword puzzle 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!
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of
RF Cafe is prohibited.
acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words
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1. Antenna driven element 8. Element in front
of the driven element in a Yagi or Quad antenna 13. Graphics file extension
14. RF radiating structure and theme of this crossword puzzle 17. Multiplexer
(abbr.) 18. Bulk Acoustic Wave 20. Chemical symbol for tin 22. Chemical
symbol for argon 23. Chemical symbol for arsenic 24. Last stage in a transmitter
(abbr.) 25. Negation prefix 27. Airfoil shapers 29. A keyboard key 31.
Propagation by means of ionospheric reflection 33. Unit of length (abbr.)
34. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.) 35. Governmental agency that monitors pollution
(abbr.) 36. Chemical symbol for lanthanum 37. Type of component package (abbr.)
39. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.) 40. Attenuator 42. Radio Amateurs of Canada
(abbr.) 44. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.) 46. Highly directional
antenna type (2 wds.) 47. PC follower 48. Peak envelope power (abbr.) 49.
Precision landing system (abbr.) 50. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)
51. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.) 53. Electromagnetic (abbr.) 55. 30 Hz to 300
Hz 57. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.) 58.
Chemical symbol for krypton 59. Weatherproof cover for a radar antenna 61.
Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.) 62. RF computer network 64. Permeability-tuned
oscillator (abbr.) 66. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.) 67. Unit of capacitance
(abbr.) 68. Shorthand for oxygen 70. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)
71. Programmable logic device (abbr.) 72. Nordic Mobile Telephone 74. Phase
of matter between liquid and solid 77. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)
79. Radiators and directors on an antenna array 80. Transmission line type that
uses two parallel conductors at constant spacing (2 wds.) |
2. Logarithmic unit of power (abbr.) 3. Intermodulation
(abbr.) 4. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction
for a body in orbit (pl.) 5. Mathematical table whose entries come from a fixed
finite set of symbols (abbr.) 6. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.) 7. One component
of a complex number (abbr.) 8. The system than converts common website names
to IP addresses (abbr.) 9. ________ _____ - Degrees of separation between two
lines meeting at a common vertex (2 wds., abbr.) 10. Computer messaging service
11. Chemical symbol for copper 12. Stock symbol for Texas Instruments 15.
Technical drawing structure 16. Forerunner to NASA 19. ___-AZIMUTH telescope
mount 21. Chemical symbol for niobium 24. Max or min voltage of a waveform
(abbr.) 26. Type of logic gate (pl.) 27. Orientated an antenna for optimal
reception 28. A triangle that has all three sides unequal in length 30. Type
of frequency-independent antenna with a shape inspired by Archimedes (pl.) 31.
Less than 32. Shape of equipotential antenna radiation levels 33. Sent a file
over a network (abbr.) 38. Similar to a laser, but at lower frequencies 39.
Ham's code for "What is the name of your station?" 40. Type of e-mail address
system (abbr.) 41. SIP x 2 42. Radio frequency interference (abbr.) 43.
World's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers (abbr.)
45. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and monitoring of everything
(abbr.) 52. Base Station Transceivers (abbr.) 54. _____-Carlo analysis
55. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.) 56. 12 inches 57. Balanced-to-unbalanced
device often used on antennas 58. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.) 60.
300 kHz to 3 MHz 63. Chemical symbol for lutetium 65. Exponent that returns
the original number 67. FCC's Universal Licensing System (abbr.) 69. Transmit
Incremental Tuning (abbr.) 71. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.) 73.
Unit of length (abbr.) 74. Chemical symbol for platinum 75. Chemical symbol
for selenium 76. Pure carrier (abbr.) 78. Chemical symbol for thallium |
See solution below
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