2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles
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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. ________ _________, passive RF components company in Fairview, TX (2 wds.) 11. Satellite TV system
12. Chemical symbol for silicon 13. Chemical symbol for helium
14. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.) 16. Meet all test requirements 18. Balun with both ports
unbalanced (pl.) 20. ____ Electronics - RF/microwave components manufacturer in Denville, NJ 22. Network
department (abbr.) 24. Chemical symbol for nickel 26. The system than converts common website names to IP
addresses (abbr.) 28. Mass unit (abbr.) 29. Unit of time (abbr.) 30. Field Programmable Gate Array
(abbr.) 32. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.) 34. Premier RF/microwave engineering magazine
(abbr.) 36. Stock symbol for Intel 38. Greek letter 39. Band between RF and BB
40. Runge-_____ method in differential equations 43. Modulation type (abbr.) 45. Bands between RF and
baseband 46. Class of spread spectrum (abbr.) 48. Amateurese for "wife" 49. Notch type filter (abbr.)
51. One port on a FET 53. Chemical symbol for scandium 54. ___- +55A Microwave, RF switch manufacturer in
Ventura, CA 55. 54A- + ______ Microwave, RF switch manufacturer in Ventura, CA 56. Chemical symbol for
strontium 57. Prefix meaning ground or earth 59. Radio Amateurs of Canada 61. Japanese semiconductor &
equipment manufacturer 62. Move in a raster pattern 64. A "1" or a "0" 65. European equivalent to the
U.L. 67. A gaseous substance that can be liquefied by pressure alone 69. Collection of electronic records
(abbr.) 70. Unit of weight 72. Audio Frequency Shift Keying (abbr.) 74. Using the moon as a passive
reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.) 76. Miniature threaded RF connector 78. 6th
Greek letter 79. 30 kHz to 300 kHz 80. 300 Hz to 3 kHz 82. Device under test (abbr.) 84. Chemical
symbol for beryllium 85. Surface mount (abbr.)
86. Attenuator (pl.) 88. Electro-mechanical switching device 89. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards (pl.)
91. Type of logic gate 93. Millimeter (abbr.) 94. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.) 95. Electrical overstress
(abbr.) 97. Part of a directive antenna that derives energy from mutual coupling with the driven element (2
wds., pl.)
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1. Start frequency (abbr.) 2. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)
3. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.) 4. Digital encoding of the transmission mode in the vertical sync
portion of an SSTV image (abbr.) 5. Moving air 6. Charged particles 7. Unit of resistance 8. 5 work
days
9. Circuit element connecting PCB layers 10. Electromagnetic (abbr.) 11. Change from the initial value
15. The "D" in CD (pl.) 17. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)
19. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg. 21. Common gateway interface (abbr.) 23. Attenuator topology 25.
Chemical symbol for platinum 27. Bandwidth (abbr.) 29. Teflon (abbr.)
31. Triangular joint filler added for strength (pl.) 32. Chemical symbol for californium
33. Radio signal that is reflected back to earth from one of the layers of the ionosphere
34. Point placed on a scope or analyzer display for noting a specific value (pl.) 35. Intel x86 command for
" jump if above" 37. Type of aircraft dope 39. Network department (abbr.) 41. Electrical safety
organization (abbr.) 42. Chemical symbol for terbium 44. Chemical symbol for magnesium 47. Special
diode type that can be switched (abbr.) 48. Type of logic gate 50. Method of self-detection and
self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.) 52. Amplifier Solutions Corporation (abbr.) 57. Image
file format name extension 58. Type of current flow (abbr.) 60. Chemical symbol for calcium 61.
Chemical symbol for nobelium 62. Chemical symbol for antimony 63. Logical negation (pl.) 64. Strong,
lightweight wood 66. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors 68. Mr. Dirac's first name 69.
10^1 numerical prefix 71. Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone System (abbr.) 73. Large unit of apparent
power (abbr.)
75. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.) 77. Megacycles (abbr.) 78. One system's phonetic letter "z" 81. Frequency
division multiple access (abbr.) 82. 10^-1 numerical prefix 83. Medium for storing large amounts of
digital data 84. Frequency vs. amplitude plot 86. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr.) 87.
"Texting" (abbr.) 89. Type of data storage IC 90. Adjust a pot 92. Chemical symbol for neptunium
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