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Electronics Theme Crossword Puzzle March 19,
2023
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This custom RF Cafe electronics-themed crossword puzzle for March 19th contains
words and clues which pertain strictly to the subjects of electronics, mechanics,
power distribution, engineering, science, physics, astronomy, chemistry, etc. If
you do see names of people or places, they are directly related to the aforementioned
areas of study. As always, you will find no references to numbnut movie stars or
fashion designers. Need more crossword RF Cafe puzzles? A list at the bottom of
the page links to hundreds of them dating back to the year 2000. 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. Early instrument for measuring the positions
of the heavenly bodies 9. Slang for transmitter and/or receiver 11. Half of
the diameter (pl.) 17. Pointing device 18. Type of logic gate 20. Cosmological
theory (3,4) 22. Army-Navy specification prefix 23. Adjust to meet a specification
25. One system's phonetic letter "z" 26. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
28. Attenuator 29. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.) 30. Computer
monitor cable type (abbr.) 32. Cable television (abbr.) 34. Unit of frequency
37. Loose end of a cable 39. FCC's Universal Licensing System (abbr.) 41.
Proportion of two numbers 42. Mathematical device defined as the collection of
points whose coordinates satisfy a given relation 45. Ground fault interrupter
(abbr.) 46. Morse Code for "from" 47. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)
50. Exponent that returns the original number 51. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)
53. Upper frequency (abbr.) 54. Unit of conductance (pl.) 55. Another word
for a directional radiating device (2 wds.) 56. Ability to store a charge
62. Administered 66. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.) 68.
World's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers (abbr.)
69. Printed Wiring Board (abbr.) 71. Antenna (abbr.) 72. Filter type that
blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.) 73. Semiconductor lamp 75.
Step-up type voltage regulator 76. Crystal surfaces 78. Global System for
Mobile Communications (abbr.) 80. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency
reference oscillators (abbr., pl.) 83. One state of matter 85. Small representative
graphic 86. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane 88. The "E" in BER 91. Crystal
filter type (abbr.) 92. Intermodulation (abbr.) 95. Display type 96. Instrument
is used to measures atmospheric pressure 98. Chemical symbol for cadmium 99.
Measured a waveform at regular intervals 103. Imaging device (abbr.) 104.
International phonetic alphabet letter "A" 107. Unit of time (pl.) 108. Logarithmic
unit of power (abbr.) 109. First American woman in space (2 wds.) |
2. Type of component package (abbr.) 3. Unit
of weight 4. Chemical symbol for ruthenium 5. International phonetic alphabet
letter "O" 6. Have a positive phase wrt a reference 7. Very luminous 8.
Moves from cell to cell 10. Internet protocol (abbr.) 11. Feature in some
waveguides used to increase operational bandwidth 12. Chemical symbol for silver
13. Decibels above or below a dipole antenna (abbr.) 14. ________ _____ - Degrees
of separation between two lines meeting at a common vertex (2 wds., abbr.) 15.
Indium phosphide (abbr.) 16. Mathematical calculation of RF component string
(a la my RF Cascade Workbook spreadsheet) (2 wds.) 18. Gun safety and education
organization (abbr.) 19. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.) 20. Digital
transmission figure of merit (abbr.) 21. GaAs (2 wds.) 24. Electrically Alterable
Read Only Memory 27. International Telecommunications Union 31. Be behind
in phase 33. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)
34. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc. 35. IC socket
type for easy insertion & removal (abbr.) 36. Circuit path with very high
or infinite impedance 38. Type of secondary radar system (abbr.) 40. Type
of motor that moves in increments rather than continuous rotation 43. Automatic
network analyzer (abbr.) 44. Gluing together 48. Type of component package
(abbr.) 49. CBer exclamation of emphasis 51. Test equipment (abbr.) 52.
Chemical symbol for radon 57. Type of current flow (abbr.) 58. Chemical symbol
for arsenic 59. Apple's popular media playing device 60. Base of the binary
number system 61. Soak up RF energy 63. Chart types 64. Chemical symbol
for lanthanum 65. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)
67. Semiconductor device type (abbr.) 70. Yttrium Aluminum Garnet 74. U.S.
military organization (abbr.) 77. CB slang for police speed radar 79. Wire
diameter unit (abbr.) 81. The "R" in DRC in substrate layout 82. In physics,
what is it that is required to causes a change in the motion of a body 84. Effect
(named after its discoverer) that is the variation in the width of the base in a
BJT due to a variation in the applied base-to-collector 87. Digital pattern coding
type (abbr.) 89. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.) 90. Unit of length equal
to 5.5 yards 91. Impenetrable physical barrier 93. milliampere-hour (abbr.)
94. Intel 8086 or Motorola 6800 (abbr.) 97. Type of distribution, squared
100. Chemical symbol for molybdenum 101. Chemical symbol for lawrencium 102.
Chemical symbol for antimony 105. Chemical symbol for praseodymium 106. Analog-to-Digital
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See solution below
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