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This week's crossword puzzle has a few special words and clues related to our biannual timekeeping shift. All
the rest of the words and clues are engineering and science related - no movie star names or clothing designers.
I will be glad to create a special edition crossword for your newspaper, newsletter, etc.
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is prohibited.
acr. =
acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words
1. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)
4. What we do to
clocks in March (2 wds.)
13. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)
16. Greek letter, used to
indicate summation
17. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
18. System On Chip
19. Its chemical
symbol is Ar
20. RF connector type
21. Chemical symbol for mendelevium
22. Studies for a test just
before taking it
25. Word used in describing 2-D and 3-D object dimensions; i.e., 10 mm __ 25 mm
26. ___-AZIMUTH
telescope mount
27. Type of flip-flop
28. Test point (abbr.)
29. The UK's largest defense electronics
contractor (abbr.)
30. Lubricant
32. 30 kHz to 300 kHz
34. Chemical symbol for iron
35. Wireless
phone region
37. Hub of the solar system
39. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)
41. Gun safety
and education organization (abbr.)
43. Charged particle
45. Impurity in a semiconductor that adds a mobile
electron in the conduction band
47. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)
48. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss
50. Switch position
51. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor
52. Target indication on a radar display
(pl.)
53. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
54. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)
55. Unit of energy (pl.)
58. Variable crystal oscillator (abbr.)
60. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency reference oscillators
(abbr., pl.)
62. Infrared (abbr.)
64. Chemical symbol for zirconium
65. The design component of total
product cost (abbr.)
67. Be behind in phase
69. Mate to an RX
70. Stock symbol for Boeing
71. Software
drafting tool (abbr.)
73. Chemical symbol for argon
74. The highest numerical exponent describes this
property of a polynomial
76. Ratio of circumference to diameter
77. Automatic Send-Receive (abbr.)
78. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.)
79. Beat frequency oscillator (abbr.)
81. Gallium nitride
chemical symbol
84. Short for modulator/demodulator
85. Lower sideband (abbr.)
86. The "E" in EMF
87. World's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers (abbr.) |
1. Distance from the earth to the sun - ... unit
2. Heatsink
feature (pl.)
3. Feedback system used to maintain constant level (abbr.)
4. Frequency for detecting and
recording data (2 wds.)
5. Chemical symbol for radon
6. Infrared (abbr.)
7. Forerunner to NASA
8.
Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)
9. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)
10. Write-Once (abbr.)
11.
Type of current flow (abbr.)
12. Shortcut for the scheme our clocks are changed to in March (2 wds.)
13.
Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)
14. International phonetic alphabet letter "G"
15. Large
array of disparate antennas (2 wds., pl.)
23. Rotary electrical transformer used for measuring degrees of
rotation
24. Isolated charge
28. Test equipment (abbr.)
29. Armored cable type
31. Local Oscillator
(abbr.)
33. Chemical symbol for francium
35. With 42 Down, the world's best engineering website
36.
Signal amplitude degradation due to inefficiency
38. Early operating system (still popular)
39. Type of
current
40. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr., pl.)
42. With 35 Across, the world's best engineering
website
44. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)
45. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)
46. Type of flip-flop
47. Chemical symbol for cesium
49. One port of an amplifier
56. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)
57. Chemical
symbol for tin
59. Chemical symbol for mercury
61. Shorthand for oxygen
63. Type of data storage IC
(pl.)
66. One factor of a polynomial
68. The constellation in which Canopus is located
70. RF engineer's
degree
72. 2 x SSB
75. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)
77. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
79. Chemical symbol for beryllium
80. A BPF specification (abbr.)
82. PC follower
83. Chemical symbol
for nickel |
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