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This January 23rd custom made crossword puzzle has an Amateur Radio theme,
compliments of RF Cafe. All RF Cafe crossword puzzles are custom made by me, Kirt Blattenberger,
and have only words and clues related to RF, microwave, and mm-wave engineering,
optics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical subjects. As always,
this crossword puzzle contains no names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic
foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort unless it/he/she is related
to this puzzle's technology theme (e.g.,
Reginald Denny or the
Tunguska
event in Siberia). The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate
the effort. Enjoy!
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of
RF Cafe is prohibited.
acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words
1. _____ + 8 Across + 13 Across, founder of the
ARRL
5. Computer interconnection scheme (abbr.)
8. 1 Across + _____ + 8 Across,
founder of the ARRL
12. A star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then gradually
returns to its original brightness over a period of weeks to years
13. 1 Across
+ 8 Across + _____, founder of the ARRL
14. Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency
15. 10E1 numerical prefix
17. European equivalent to the U.L.
19.
Chemical symbol for magnesium
20. Network department (abbr.)
22. Sound frequency
in the human hearing range (abbr.)
24. SIP x 2
26. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
28. Internet address (abbr.)
29. Causes a change in the motion of a body
31.
Weather facsimile per Ham radio (abbr.)
32. Radio Direction Finding
33. 1/000
of an amp (abbr.)
35. Relative power level unit (abbr.)
37. 30 kHz to 300
kHz
39. Opposite of O.D.
40. Chemical symbol for bismuth
42. Electromagnetic
(abbr.)
44. Geometric solid having two ends which are similar, equal, and parallel
rectilinear figures, and sides which are parallelograms
45. First two words in
ARRL
47. Small representative graphics
48. Electrical safety organization
(abbr.)
49. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)
50. Test equipment (abbr.)
51. Chemical symbol for terbium
53. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
55. S12 or S21 (abbr.)
57. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)
58. Fastener
hardware vendor in Woodside, NY
60. Leading and trailing edge frequency variation
of a CW pulse
61. Current-voltage phase mnemonic
62. 1e3 uV
64. International
Reply Coupon (abbr.)
66. Galilean moon
68. Chemical symbol for tantalum
69. S12 or S21 (abbr.)
71. Army-Navy specification prefix
73. A common battery
cell size
74. Third word in ARRL
76. 1/1000000 prefix
78. Type of spread
spectrum that does not use frequency hopping (abbr.)
80. Thin Shrink Small Outline
Package (abbr.)
81. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)
82. Maximum useful distance
between a Tx and an Rx |
1. Its chemical symbol is He
2. Chemical symbol
for radon
3. Ad-hoc on demand distance vector (abbr.)
4. Very large unit of
apparent power (abbr.)
5. Ham abbreviation indicating contacts with all major
land masses
6. Wheel attachment point
7. Chemical symbol for nickel
8.
Pulse Amplitude Modulation
9. Unit of energy (pl.)
10. Rapid Prototyping
11. One of ten administrative areas established by the FCC for Amateur Radio (2
wds.)
16. Fuel-air mixing devices
18. Process by which a beam of light is
spread out as a result of passing through a narrow aperture
21. Radio that both
transmits and receives (pl.)
23. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency
24. Keyboard
key
25. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
27. Orthogonal Frequency-Division
Multiplexing
30. Opposite of I.D.
34. 18 GHz to 26.5 GHz (hyph.)
36. Creates
an impenetrable physical barrier
38. Color code for the number 1
41. International
Microwave Symposium
43. Chemical symbol for manganese
44. Type of chart
46. Chemical symbol for copper
47. Thing in a bill of material
52. Largest
broadcaster in the UK (abbr.)
53. Type of distribution, squared
54. Chemical
symbol for strontium
56. Last word in ARRL
59. Chemical symbol for lithium
63. International phonetic alphabet letter "K"
65. Tie a bundle of wires together
67. American space agency (abbr.)
70. Polish a crystal to an exact frequency
72. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
73. Airport Surveillance Radar
(abbr.)
75. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
77. Band between RF and BB
79. Chemical symbol for tin |
See solution below
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