6/11/2007 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.

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ACROSS 1. Transfers a signal by EM interaction 6. RF Modules vendor in Sunnyvale, CA 8. The BlackBerry, for example, abbr. 9. Acknowledge a receipt, Ham term 11. Network department, abbr. 13. _____-Kutta for differential equations 16. Test point, abbr. 17. Add solder to tip of iron 18. Hybrid coupler vendor in East Syracuse, NY 19. One component of a complex number, abbr. 20. TCP/__ 21. 10^1 numerical prefix 22. Chemical symbol for bismuth 23. Chemical symbol for argon 24. Chemical symbol for selenium 25. European equivalent to the U.L. 26. Chemical symbol for radium 27. Nanohenry, abbr. 28. Ring shaped 30. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter, abbr. 31. Chemical symbol for selenium 32. Chemical symbol for lutetium 33. Network department, abbr. 34. Type of current 35. Type of current 38. Put into motion 41. Chemical symbol for aluminum 42. Institute of Technology, abbr. 43. Chemical symbol for neodymium 44. 1E6 nanoseconds 45. Metal parts engineer, abbr. 46. PC follower 47. Start frequency, abbr. 48. Chemical symbol for polonium 49. Last stage in a transmitter, abbr. 50. Lunar depression 53. A receiver figure of merit, abbr. 54. Infrared, abbr. 55. A trigonometry function, pl. 57. Chemical symbol for dysprosium 58. Coordinated Universal Time, abbr. 59. Unit of current 61. The "Ga" in GaAs 62. Mixer manufacturer in Woburn, MA	DOWN 1. Damping at which no overshoot or undershoot exists, 2 wds. 2. An electron spin 3. Personal Digital Cellular, abbr. 4. Chemical symbol for lanthanum 5. Circuit for multiplying a number by itself 6. Mathematics of angles 7. Radio receiver scheme which beats or heterodynes a second radio frequency to the incoming radio signals 10. Signal-to-noise ratio, abbr. 12. Half of a DIP 13. Chemical symbol for radon 14. Electronic Numerical Integrater and Computer, abbr. 15. Capacitor dielectric type, pl. 16. Movement of an inferior planet across the face of the sun 18. A common battery cell size 21. Isotope of hydrogen that has a mass around twice that of the normal isotope 24. Chemical symbol for tin 25. Chemical symbol for calcium 29. Type of fusion 36. 2/3 of a triac, pl. 37. A component of YAG devices 38. RF filter & components manufacturer in Garfield, NJ 39. Chemical symbol for cadmium 40. Chemical symbol for arsenic 47. Chemical symbol for francium 48. Comes after a MS degree 51. Antenna, abbr. 52. Chemical symbol for einsteinium 56. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin 59. PC follower 60. Ratio of circumference to diameter
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