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RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines
March 12, 2017

For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new crossword puzzle that has a theme related to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical words. Clues in this puzzle with an asterisk (*) are pulled from this past week's (3/6 - 3/10) "High Tech News" column on the RF Cafe homepage. Enjoy!


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

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

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines March 12, 2017

ACROSS DOWN
1. _________ Publishes Huge CIA 'Vault 7' Document Release *

7. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

10. ___ Seeking Answers About AT&T's 911 Wireless Outage on March 8 *

13. _______ Electronics Completes Acquisition of Intersil *

18. Chemical symbol for argon

19. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)

20. 2-way conversation, Ham term

21. Chemical symbol for rhodium

22. Unit of length (abbr.)

23. Decimeter (abbr.)

24. Uppermost surface

27. ELI the ICE ___

29. Type of logic gate (pl.)

31. Below ELF

34. Chemical symbol for radon

35. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

37. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)

39. 'Smart' ______ Found to Report up to 6x Higher than Actual *

41. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

43. Chemical symbol for polonium

44. _____ Autopilot Sends Model S into Concrete Barrier *

46. Ham's code for "Shall I increase power?"

48. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

49. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

50. Start frequency (abbr.)

52. Rechargeable battery type (abbr.)

53. Greek letter

55. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr., pl.)

58. Abbreviation for peak voltage

59. Chemical symbol for copper

61. Image file format name extension

64. A common battery cell size

66. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

67. First name of a British scientist of falling apple fame

69. Numerical prefix meaning 10 (var.)

70. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

71. Chemical symbol for lithium

73. A crescent shaped figure formed on a sphere or plane by two intersecting arcs

74. Susan _____, "Microwave Journal" magazine editor (c2014)

76. Data transmission pathway

78. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

80. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit

81. Unit of length (abbr.)

82. Modulation type (abbr.)

83. Junk e-mail

85. Stock symbol for Raytheon

87. _____ Sales Boom in North America *

88. Chemical symbol for antimony

90. Chemical symbol for lutetium

91. Ham-ese for Young Lady

93. System On Chip

95. The "E" in BER

97. Type of logic gate

99. Indium phosphide

101. Reinforced ______ Preforms Increase Bond Line Coplanarity *

103. One port of an amplifier

104. One system's phonetic letter "z"

105. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

106. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

108. Ham's code for "The net has traffic for you. Stand by."

109. Switch position

112. 3-phase transformer configuration

113. Chemical symbol for beryllium

115. Chemical symbol for manganese

116. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

118. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

120. Data transmission pathway

122. Chemical symbol for palladium

123. China Confirms 7% Increase in 2017 _______ Budget *

124. Unit of frequency

125. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

126. What are the attractive and repulsive forces produced by electric charge in motion

1. Wireless application protocol (abbr.)

2. Infrared (abbr.)

3. Small representative graphics

4. Chemical symbol for europium

5. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

6. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

7. "Calling any amateur radio station"

8. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

9. Move from cell to cell

11. Chemical symbol for chromium

12. Dimension from wing LE to TE

13. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

14. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

15. Last keyword in a BASIC subroutine (pl.)

16. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

17. "Texting" (abbr.)

24. FCC Loosens FM __________ Rules *

25. Switch position

26. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)

28. On-the-air meeting of hams at a set time, day and radio frequency

30. Type of flip-flop

32. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

33. FCC Will Now Review __________ Settlements *

35. Semiconductor lamp

36. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

38. "Calling any amateur radio station"

40. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr., pl.)

41. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

42. Band between RF and BB

44. Structures of columns and rows

45. A common battery cell size

47. RSGB Says _____ is Not Resolving Interference Complaints *

49. Chemical symbol for plutonium

51. The stationary part of a motor

54. Universal Asynchronous Transmit/Receive (abbr.)

56. 1e-6 mA

57. Miniature RF connector (pl.)

58. Premium Processing for H1-B _____ Suspended for 6 Months *

59. Co-channel rejection ratio (abbr.)

60. Amateur radio operator who is qualified to administer Amateur Radio licensing examinations (abbr., pl.)

62. Type of modulation (abbr.)

63. Antenna (abbr.)

65. A common battery cell size

68. Army-Navy specification prefix

72. Internet protocol (abbr.)

75. The "B" in BGA

77. One type of electron spin

79. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

81. Upper frequency (abbr.)

84. Earth's natural satellite

86. Non-return to zero (abbr.)

87. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

89. Chemical symbol for bismuth

90. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

91. Name the English scientist who first performed the famous double slit experiment and also played a major role in deciphering the Rosetta Stone

92. Chemical symbol for beryllium oxide

94. Chemical symbol for copper

96. Have a chemically induced effect

98. Read-only (abbr.)

100. Current summing point

101. Chemical symbol for tin

102. RF integrated circuit (abbr.)

105. Word used in describing 2-D and 3-D object dimensions; i.e., 10 mm __ 25 mm

107. Decibels above or below a dipole antenna (abbr.)

108. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by."

110. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

111. Large transmitting tube such klystron, magnetron

112. Wavelength division multiplexing (abbr.)

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

115. 1E6 nanoseconds

117. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

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

120. Stock symbol for Boeing

121. Chemical symbol for tin

122. Unit of time (abbr.)


See solution below

 

2017 Crosswords Archive

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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RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution w/Weekly Headlines March 12, 2017

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