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. O-scope triggering method (2 wds.) 7.
Modulation type (abbr.) 9. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.) 11. Engineering Change Order (abbr.) 12.
Chemical symbol for gallium 13. Type of transistor (abbr.) 15. Chemical symbol for palladium 17. Logical
gate type (pl.) 20. "Calling any amateur radio station" 21. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.) 23.
30 kHz to 300 kHz 24. Amplifier vendor in Santa Clara, CA 26. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)
29. Online service
30. Device for matching antenna impedance to transmitter impedance (pl.) 32. RF connector & cable vendor
located in Farmingdale, NY 34. Type of memory 35. Agilent's EE design software
37. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency reference oscillators (abbr.) 38. Astronomical distance of
3.26 light years 42. Network department (abbr.) 44. High-speed circuit-switched data (abbr.) 48. Increase
voltage linearly 51. System On Chip 52. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.) 54. Greek letter 55.
RF IC manufacturer located in Dübendorf, Switzerland
57. 10^1 numerical prefix 58. RF component manufacturer in Arcadia, CA 60. A feedback scheme to level out
the receiver audio volume (abbr.) 62. Common plastic insulation type (abbr.)
64. Motorola's "Digital ___" 66. Periodic superimposed waveform amplitude variation 69. ______ + 71D,
technical book publisher 72. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)
74. International Amateur Radio Union (abbr.) 76. Device under test (abbr.) 77. Chemical symbol for
magnesium 79. Unit of weight 80. Type of flip-flop 81. ____ Solutions, RF component manufacturer located
in Torrance, CA 83. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
84. Apollo 11 astronaut ____ Armstrong 87. Type of modulation (abbr.) 88. Innovative Power Products,
Holbrook, NY (abbr.) 90. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)
91. 300 Hz to 3 kHz 92. Describes a component affected by temperature changes (2 wds., hyph.)
DOWN
1. Type of high-tech data gathering system
(abbr.) 2. Morse Code for "from" 3. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)
4. Device to assist in the performance of a chore 5. Metric system (abbr.) 6. Chemical symbol for tantalum
7. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.) 8. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc. 9. RF coupler vendor in
Bay Shore, NY 10. RF amplifier company in East Hanover, NJ 13. ___ Electronics, RF component manufacturer
in Buffalo Grove, IL 14. Mr. Edison's first name 15. Archaic retirement plan 16. Singulated piece of IC
wafer 18. Radio frequency interference (abbr.) 19. Radio teletype (abbr.) 22. Amateur Radio Association
(abbr.)
24. Chemical symbol for cobalt 25. Trans European Trunked RAdio 27. Infrared (abbr.)
28. Type of e-mail address system (abbr.) 31. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy 33. Concentric cable type 36.
Half of DSB 39. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards 40. A triangle that has all three sides unequal in length
41. Power supply supplier in Camarillo, CA 43. Adjust a pot 45. European equivalent to the U.L. 46.
Network configuration type 47. Mr. Packard's (HP) first name 49. 1E6 nanoseconds 50. Peak envelope power
(abbr.) 53. A series of numbers where there are as many numbers above it as below it in the series 56. Very
large unit of apparent power (abbr.) 59. Ham's code for "Answer in prearranged order." 61. Parallel
processing computer hearts 63. Type of computer display (abbr.) 65. Chemical symbol for argon 67.
Chemical symbol for platinum 68. Electromotive force (abbr.) 70. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)
71. 69A+_____, technical book publisher 73. Medium for storing large amounts of digital data
75. Internet address (abbr.) 78. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc.
81. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.) 82. Hz 85. 1.602E-19 Joules 86. Band between RF and BB
87. Unit of length (abbr.) 89. Ratio of circumference to diameter
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