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RF Cafe Crossword Puzzle
June 26, 2016

This week's RF Cafe Crossword Puzzle is another custom creation (they all are, actually) which contains only words and clues pertaining specifically to engineering, science, mechanics, physics, mathematics, chemistry, and other technical fields of study. If you want to exploit your knowledge of numbnut movie starts, world leaders, and remote villages in BFE, then try the New York Times. Cruciverbalist engineers, technicians, students, and all other techies types rejoice!

Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is prohibited.

acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

RF Cafe Crossword Puzzle for June 26, 2016 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Maximally flat filter type (pl.)

8. One port on a FET

9. With 31 Across , this website's title

11. A keyboard key

12. Logic family (abbr.)

14. Type of capacitor dielectric

17. 1E6 nanoseconds

19. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

20. Computer monitor (abbr., pl.)

22. Cable television (abbr.)

24. Chemical symbol for neptunium

26. Adjacent Channel Power Ratio (acr.)

28. The "N" in AWGN

29. Mr. Ohm's first name

31. With 9 Across , this website's title

33. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

34. Move from cell to cell

36. Type of capacitor dielectric

38. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

39. Stephen ____ - popular author on microwave circuit design

41. Imaging device (abbr., pl.)

43. Chemical symbol for krypton

45. Halves of DIP's

47. BSEE + 2 years

49. Chemical symbol for neptunium

51. Light

53. Ties a bundle of wires together

54. _____&Schwarz

56. The "R" in BER

58. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

59. One port on a BJT

61. Parameter that is a figure of merit for receiver performance in presence of multiple signals (abbr.)

63. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

64. Chemical symbol for europium

66. Term for asymmetry of a statistical distribution

67. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

68. Test document for verifying proper function (abbr.)

69. Type of component package (abbr.)

72. Radio teletype (abbr.)

73. Makes an assertion based on scientific evidence

1. Frequency band at low end of audio spectrum

2. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)

3. Test equipment (abbr.)

4. Next level of Amateur Radio license after General

5. Write-Once (abbr.)

6. Radio navigation system (abbr.)

7. Chemical symbol for strontium

8. Inventor of an oscillator type named after him that incorporates a crystal (2 wds.)

10. Type of modulation (abbr.)

12. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

13. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.)

15. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

16. Basic element

18. Branch of physics that specializes in the study of spectra

21. Junk e-mail

23. Circuit element connecting PCB layers (pl.)

24. Type of logic gate

25. Type of data storage IC (abbr.)

27. RF integrated circuit (abbr.)

30. High frequency semiconductor (abbr.)

32. ECM response

35. Snail and E are examples of this

37. Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (abbr.)

40. Longitudinal shape-forming structural element

42. Impenetrable physical barrier

44. Adjustment dial

46. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)

48. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

50. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr., pl.)

52. Teflon (abbr.)

55. Sporadic E-layer ionospheric propagation (hyph.)

57. Quickly changing portions of waveforms

60. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

62. Chemical symbol for radium

63. Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (abbr.)

65. Unit of time (abbr.)

68. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

70. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

71. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

72. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)


See solution below

 

Visit the Crossword Express website - RF CafeTake a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. 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.

All of these crossword puzzles were created using the fabulous Crossword Express (now called "Magnum Opus") software.

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A cruciverbalist is a person who is skilled at creating or solving crossword puzzles. The term is a combination of "cruci-" from "crucifix," meaning cross, and "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 that are both challenging and enjoyable for crossword enthusiasts.

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