Electronics Theme Crossword Puzzle
July 23rd 2023

This custom RF Cafe electronics-themed crossword puzzle for July 23rd contains words and clues which pertain exclusively to the subjects of electronics, science, physics, mechanics, engineering, power distribution, astronomy, chemistry, etc. If you do see names of people or places, they are intimately related to the aforementioned areas of study. Being that "W" is the 23rd letter of the alphabet, it is used as the first and/or last letter of many words in today's crossword puzzle - as well as in-between. Those clues are marked with an asterisk (*). 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.


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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

Electronics Themed Crossword Puzzle for July 23rd, 2023 - RF Cafe

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1. Common energy consumption unit (hyph.) *
6. Pure carrier (abbr.) *
9. Logarithmic unit of power (abbr.) *
11. ________ _____ - the degrees of separation between two lines meeting at a common vertex (2 wds., abbr.)
12. Wireless transmitting device that opens a car door remotely
13. Abbreviation for peak voltage
16. 1e3 uV
18. Unit of magnetic flux (pl.) *
19. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)
22. Part of this website's title
23. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
24. Mate to a bolt (pl.)
25. Secondary cell using a liquid as an electrolyte (2 wds.) *
28. Logic family (abbr.)
30. Part of a FOR loop
31. Wireless local loop (abbr.) *
32. Device used to make contact with a point to be measured
33. Wideband Code Division Multiple Access *
35. Unit of length (abbr.)
36. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
37. An unlicensed radio band in the U.S. often used for walkie-talkies (abbr.)
38. Chemical symbol for arsenic
41. Write-Once (abbr.) *
42. Personal Handy Phone System (abbr.)
45. Wireless Home Digital Interface (abbr.) *
48. Infrared (abbr.)
49. Largest moon of Saturn
50. Mr. Bohr's first name
51. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)
52. Chemical symbol for helium
53. Logarithmic unit of power
55. Temperature that represents the dew point temperature of the air (2 wds.) *
58. RF engineer's degree
60. Infrared (abbr.)
61. Unit of length (abbr.)
63. Short for potentiometer
64. Manifestation of gravity on a mass *
65. Chemical symbol for selenium
68. Ham-ese for Young Lady
69. One of the Ws in WWW *
72. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
74. Hub of the solar system
75. Chemical symbol for scandium
76. ________ Software, creator of RF Workbench software *
1. Akin to WAC, only just in America *
2. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
3. Amateur radio enthusiast
4. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)
5. Read-only (abbr.)
7. Rotating disk *
8. Radio term for indicating the end of a transmission segment
10. Mathematical function used to divide a given function or continuous-time signal into different frequency components (pl.) *
14. Rate of a radar transmitter's output waveform (abbr.)
15. Robert ______-Watt, "Father of Radar" *
17. Organization for former military members *
19. Chemical symbol for lutetium
20. Unit of time (abbr.)
21. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)
23. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)
26. Ethoxyethane
27. ECM response
28. Chemical symbol for thallium
29. Manifestation of gravity on a mass (pl.) *
31. Flight control surface method used on the Wright Flyer *
32. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
34. 300 kHz to 3 MHz
35. Facility where semiconductors are manufactured
39. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)
40. Slang for someone who makes things happen *
41. Wire wrap on a motor armature (pl.) *
43. Chemical symbol for silicon
44. Physical unit by which power is measured *
46. Last name of fellow who discovered the cosmic background noise of the Big Bang *
47. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)
51. Type of component package (abbr.)
52. Color quality
54. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)
56. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)
57. Bits per second (abbr.)
58. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
59. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)
61. Send Morse Code
62. 12.36 us is called a radar ____
66. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronics (abbr.)
67. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and monitoring of everything (abbr.)
70. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.) *
71. Stock symbol for Boeing
73. Chemical symbol for holmium

See solution below
2023 Crosswords Archive

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Electronics Themed Crossword Puzzle Solution for July  23rd, 2023 - RF Cafe