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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"verbalist" from "verbal," indicating a person who deals with words.
cruciverbalists are often responsible for designing
crossword puzzles, and they possess a deep knowledge of wordplay, vocabulary, and
the techniques used in constructing and solving crosswords. They aim to make puzzles
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Dec 12, Dec 5-
Nov 28, Nov 21,
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Oct 31, Oct 24,
Oct 17, Oct 10,
Oct 3 - Sep 26,
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Jun 27, Jun 20,
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May 30, May 23,
May 16, May 9,
May 2 - Apr 25,
Apr 18, Apr 11,
Apr 4 - Mar 28,
Mar 21, Mar 14,
Mar 7 - Feb 28,
Feb 21, Feb 14,
Feb 7 - Jan 31,
Jan 24, Jan 17,
Jan 10, Jan 3
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ACROSS
1. Test equipment that provides a time-domain
signal display (pl.) 10. Ham's code for "Shall I stop sending?"
11. Scheduling graph types 12. Transmit Incremental Tuning (abbr.) 14. A common RS-232 serial bus command
(abbr.) 17. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.) 18. A feedback scheme to level out the receiver audio
volume (abbr.) 20. Common test for verifying high voltage tolerance w/o breakdown 21. Heavenly body having
a tail 23. Uppermost surface
24. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.) 26. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.) 28. Abbreviation for peak
voltage 29. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.) 30. Type of data storage IC 31. 300 Hz to 3 kHz
33. Centimeter (abbr.) 34. Type of flip-flop
35. One state of matter 37. A BPF specification (abbr.) 39. Morse Code for "from"
40. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.) 41. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.) 43. Opposite of I.D.
45. Yard (abbr.) 46. Direction of carbon fiber strands 47. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.) 48. Unit of
time (abbr.) 49. Balun with both ports unbalanced 51. Automaton 53. Used to remove oxidation during
soldering 55. Numerical prefix for 10^2 57. Negation prefix 58. Graphics workshop software 59. ECM
response 61. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (abbr.) 62. Precision approach radar (abbr.)
64. Method of sending high-speed digital signals on electric distribution wires, a Ham's nemesis (abbr.) 67.
Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.) 68. Army-Navy specification prefix 70. 3 MHz to 30 MHz 72. Chemical
symbol for calcium
73. Systematic approach to locating the cause of a fault in an electronic circuit or system
DOWN
1. Method of connecting redundant power
supplies 2. Remove insulation from a wire 3. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.) 4.
Semiconductor lamp 5. Probable location of an element's electron 6. Official Space Shuttle designation
(abbr.) 7. Chemical symbol for cesium
8. A popular spreadsheet 9. Chemical symbol for silicon 10. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.) 13. Chemical
symbol for terbium 15. Test point (abbr.) 16. Small DIP package (abbr.) 18. Ad-hoc on demand distance
vector (abbr.) 19. Abbreviation for minimum voltage 20. Communication between stations by reflecting the
radio waves off of the ionosphere 22. RF connector type 23. Boob tube (abbr.) 24. PCB fabricator in
Baltimore, MD - also the brightest star in Canis Minor 25. Greek letter 27. Modulation type (abbr.) 29.
Network department (abbr.) 32. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)
34. Used to remove oxygen from or add hydrogen to a compound 35. Network configuration type 36. Switch
configuration (abbr.) 38. Unit of electrical charge 39. Force required to impart an acceleration of one
centimeter per second per second to a mass of one gram 40. Electrical safety organization (abbr.) 42. Band
between RF and BB 44. Connector type 49. Unit of inductance (abbr.) 50. Negative temperature
coefficient (abbr.) 52. Masses 53. Frequency Division Duplex 54. Chemical symbol for xenon
56. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.) 58. Sound frequency in the human hearing range
(abbr.) 60. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.) 61. Shorthand for oxygen 62. Short for potentiometer
63. Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.) 65. The cell band above DCN 66. Be behind in phase 68.
Astronomical Unit (93E6 miles) 69. Chemical symbol for niobium 70. Chemical symbol for holmium 71. Unit
of length (abbr.)
See solution below
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