3/9/2004 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

Take a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

All of these crossword puzzles were created using the fabulous Crossword Express (now called "Magnum Opus") software.

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ACROSS 1 Like coaxial cable conductors 9 Frequency realm between RF and BB, pl. 11 Miniature threaded RF connector 12 Chemical symbol for iron 13 Min-to-max voltage of a waveform, abbr. 14 PS * 1000 16 Type of flip-flop 19 DIP test socket type 21 Direct Memory Access 23 300 kHz to 3 MHz 25 1.602E-19 J 27 Local Oscillator 29 Units of 2000 pounds 31 Galilean moon 32 Part of this website's name 33 Color-sensitive receptors in the retina 35 Government lawyer, abbr. 36 Semiconductor and calculator company 37 Logic signal level 38 Logarithmic unit of voltage, abbr. 40 Advanced Communication Technologies and Services 42 Not new 44 Greek letter 45 Motorola's Digital ___ 46 Ratio of circumference to diameter 47 Electrical safety organization, abbr. 48 Prefix for 10^12 50 Category of model aviation, abbr. 51 Test Point 52 British system unit of mass 54 1/000 of an amp, abbr. 55 Type of model airplane control system, abbr. 56 Professor's student instructor, abbr. 57 One state of matter 59 1000 * MHz 62 Last stage in a transmitter, abbr. 63 Part of a "for" loop statement 64 PCB mask exposing ray 66 Integrated Circuit 68 Type of digital filter, abbr. 71 Precision Approach Radar 72 S11 or S21 or S12 or S22	DOWN 2 Unix, Linux or Windows for example 3 Home state of Los Alamos lab, abbr. 4 Plug-in for computer bus 5 Noise figure, abbr. 6 Test Equipment 7 TCP/__ 8 Celeron, Pentium, or Athlon 9 CPU peripheral inputs 10 Start frequency, abbr. 15 Opposite of a LO 17 Surface Mount Technology 18 Type of average, abbr. 20 Current is said to do this 22 Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector 24 Minimum noise power level 26 300 Hz to 3 kHz 28 Opposite of I.D. 30 1e-6 mA 31 Defense contracting company in Ft. Wayne, IN 33 Unit of length, Biblical 34 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy 37 Front edge of a wing, abbr. 39 A "1" or a "0" 40 Automatic Network Analyzer 41 Super glue, abbr. 43 Half of a DIP 44 Mate to a receptacle 45 Resistance on an airframe 47 American equivalent to the CE mark 49 ElectroMagnetic 50 BPF specification 52 Crystal filter type, abbr. 53 High voltage arrestor feature 58 OSHA switch device position 60 Symbol for helium 61 Data transmission pathway 63 Teaching Assistant 65 Vpp/2 for a sinewave 66 Infrared, abbr. 67 Super glue, abbr. 69 Network department, abbr. 70 One component of a complex number, abbr.
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