Electronics Theme Crossword Puzzle
March 5, 2023

This week's crossword puzzle for March 5, 2023 sports an electronics theme. 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 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, Hedy Lamarr, 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

Electronics Theme Crossword Puzzle for March 5, 2023 - RF Cafe

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1. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)
2. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)
3. Test point (abbr.)
4. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount
5. S12 or S21 (abbr.)
6. Negation prefix
7. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)
8. First lines in software that call external libraries (pl.)
10. What a capacitor is used for regarding energy
12. CBer exclamation of emphasis
13. Force required to impart an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second to a mass of one gram (pl.)
15. Cellphone band just below PCS
17. 10E1 numerical prefix (pl.)
19. kOhm x 1,000
23. Highest point
24. Chemically react to harden
26. Fourth largest asteroid
27. Early operating system (still popular)
31. ______ velocity - speed necessary to become free of the Earth's gravitational force
32. Basic storage unit of a database
34. Automated universal inductance tester - watch that 3rd letter, (abbr.)
35. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)
37. 10E-12 numerical prefix
38. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency reference oscillators (abbr., pl.)
40. Chemical symbol for erbium
41. Unit of time (abbr.)
45. Trigonometric function equal to the ratio between the side opposite a given angle, and the hypotenuse
46. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock
47. Plasma atmosphere layer of the sun
49. Advanced Research Projects Agency (abbr.)
50. Unit of admittance (pl.)
54. Channels used for earth-to-satellite communications
56. Bored a hole
58. ESD protective apparel
59. Adjusts
61. One of the Ws in WWW
63. Electrical overstress (abbr.)
68. World's first satellite navigation system (abbr.)
69. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
71. Switch position
72. Ham's code for "Shall I increase power?"
73. Type of logic gate
75. Chemical symbol for tantalum
76. Chemical symbol for platinum

ACROSS

Across
1. Self-determining the scale on a DMM
8. Web page language
9. Signal amplitude degradation due to inefficiency
11. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)
12. Joined a male and a female connector
14. Nordic Mobile Telephone
15. Morse Code for "from"
16. Yard (abbr.)
18. FM signal extraction device
20. Chemical symbol for scandium
21. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
22. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.)
25. Type of antenna (pl.)
26. Large transmitting tube such klystron, magnetron
28. Unintended frequency product from a mixer
29. A crescent shaped figure formed on a sphere or plane by two intersecting arcs
30. Chemical symbol for erbium
31. Ethoxyethane
33. Chemical symbol for nickel
34. Wheel attachment points
36. 2-part adhesive
39. Current-voltage phase mnemonic
41. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)
42. Precision approach radar (abbr.)
43. System On Chip
44. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)
48. Moves from cell to cell
51. S12 or S21 (abbr.)
52. Generated an official engineering change document
53. Chemical symbol for rhodium
54. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg.
55. Apple's popular media playing device
57. Peak envelope power (abbr.)
58. Circuit path with very low or 0 ohms of impedance
60. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.)
61. Weight (abbr.)
62. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
64. The "I" in the IEEE's IMS
65. Stock symbol for Boeing
66. 1E6 nanoseconds
67. Mass unit (abbr., pl.)
70. Another name for a test lead (pl.)
72. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by."
74. Switch configuration (abbr.)
76. Another name for a test lead
77. Ratio of filter's stopband bandwidth (usually 60 dB) to its passband bandwidth (usually 3 dB)


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