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1. A
type of screwdriver
8. Miniature threaded RF connector, pl.
9. PC follower
11. ___/IP communications protocol
12.
Slang for capacitor
14. Move from cell-to-cell
17. Chemical
symbol for einsteinium
19. Chemical symbol for arsenic
20. RF passive device manufacturer in Bay Shore, NY
22. ISDN
BRI channel
24. 30 kHz to 300 kHz
26. Section length through
a circle
28. It used to be called "the ether"
29. Unit
of force, pl.
31. Name given to the quotient of the sum of
several quantities and their number
33. Chemical symbol for
scandium
34. Basic element
36. Asynchronous Communication
Interface Adapter
38. Unit of time, abbr.
39. Halves of
DIPs
41. Internet mail protocol, abbr.
43. Chemical symbol
for strontium
45. Short video segment
47. Sample-and-____
49. Chemical symbol for silver
51. A length of transmission
line that is open or shorted at one end
53. Elementary particles
54. Provider of services for telecommunications systems in Switzerland
56. Official engineering change documents, abbr.
58. Chemical
symbol for gadolinium
59. Network configuration
61. It
can be found on the end of a potentiometer or rotary switch
shaft
63. Local Oscillator
64. Chemical symbol for erbium
66. Used logic gates
67. Motorola's Digital ___
68. Half
of a DIP
69. Type of modulation, abbr.
72. Indication
of quality of received message
73. A non-commercial radio
service as set by a recognized cognizant government agency,
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1. Miniature
RF connector, pl.
2. Transformer interwinding connection
3. Type of flip-flop
4. British scientist Sir _____ Newton
5. Chemical symbol for mercury
6. Has a positive phase wrt
a reference
7. Chemical symbol for tantalum
8. A vibration
where some particular points remain fixed while others between
them vibrate with the maximum amplitude
10. Test Equipment
12. Chemical symbol for calcium
13. A type of memory, abbr.
15. Shorthand for oxygen
16. Million samples per second,
abbr.
18. Branch of physics that specializes in the study
of spectra
21. Length times width
23. Tie a group of cables
with cord
24. Type of amplifier used in a receiver front-end,
abbr.
25. More than one FET
27. Data conversion device,
abbr., pl.
30. Small DIP package
32. Battery cell chemistry
type, abbr.
35. Multiprotocol Label Switching
37. Entity
consisting of neutrons, protons, and electrons
40. Real estate
where antennas and earth station equipment is located
42.
Mate to a receptacle
44. Total Access Communication System
46. Isolator or circulator ferrous component
48. Department
of Defense
50. A BASIC program keyword
52. Glue together
55. Lunar 'seas'
57. System for underwater navigation
60. One component of a complex number, abbr.
62. Stock symbol
for Boeing
63. High power density battery chemistry, abbr.
65. Part of this website's title
68. Semiconductor on Insulator,
abbr.
70. 1/000 of an amp
71. Chemical symbol for plutonium
72. Chemical symbol for cadmium |
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