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ACROSS
1. Angle of impingement relative
to a surface
8. Variable Frequency Oscillator
9. A zodiacal
constellation
10. Type of RF connector
12. Opposite of
O.D.
13. Official Space Shuttle designation
14. Local
Oscillator
16. Millimeter, abbr.
18. 1.602E-19 Joules
20. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
21. Army-Navy spec
22. Silicon transistor type
24. Readability, Signal, and
Tone (QoS report type)
25. Perform a mathematical operation
26. Describes a surface existing in 2 dimensions
28. Logical
negation
30. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish
a signal path; moonbounce, abbr.
32. Chemical symbol for
cesium
33. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
34. 1e3 uV
36. An electron spin orientation
37. Type of current flow
38. Unit of current
40. Test Point
42. Beat Frequency
Oscillator
43. Test Equipment Connection, in Lake Mary, FL
44. Adjustable frequency source, abbr.
45. Big Dipper and
Little Dipper, for example |
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1. Instruments for Industry, Ronkonkoma,
NY, abbr.
2. Current summing point
3. Precision landing
system, abbr.
4. Recover the modulation from the RF signal
5. Related to ESD, abbr.
6. Describes a solder joint that
was disturbed during the process
7. Official engineering
change document, abbr.
11. Complex resistance
15. The
"I" in IP2, IP3, etc.
17. Chemical symbol for manganese
19. Sellers of components
20. The "Ga" in GaAs
21. Chemical
symbol for arsenic
23. Point of rotation
24. Useful distance
between Tx and Rx
27. It begins as the plane of the ecliptic
touches the Tropic of Cancer
29. Unix, Linux or Windows
31. Greek letter (micro)
33. Prefix for having to do with
the environment, pl.
35. Vacuum Tube Voltmeter
37. Colorado
Springs military school, abbr.
38. Automated test equipment,
abbr.
39. Peripheral Component Interface
41. Frequency
band just above DCS |
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