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This "X" marks the spot with this custom RF Cafe electronics-themed crossword puzzle for February 26th.
It contains
words and clues which pertain strictly to the subjects of electronics, mechanics,
power distribution, engineering, science, physics, astronomy, chemistry, etc. If
you do see names of people or places, they are directly related to the aforementioned
areas of study. As always, you will find no references to numbnut movie stars or
fashion designers. Need more crossword RF Cafe puzzles? A list at the bottom of
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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words
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1. Windows __ operating system
2. Aircraft identification
instrument for secondary radar
11. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"
13. Image
14. Moves from cell to cell
15. Abbreviation for peak voltage
17. Physical unit by which power is measured
18. Automatic Packet Position Reporting
System (abbr.)
19. Unit of volume (abbr.)
20. Greek letter
22. Chemical
symbol for molybdenum
23. Base 16 number system (abbr.)
25. Chemical symbol
for einsteinium
26. Device under test (abbr.)
27. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
28. Software storage unit (pl.)
30. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
31. Greek
letter
32. Logic family (abbr.)
34. Polish a crystal to an exact frequency
37. Chemical symbol for chromium
39. What high frequency engineers design (2
wds.)
40. Chemical symbol for strontium
41. Short for potentiometer
42.
Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)
43. Armored cable type
45. Unix, Linux
or Windows (abbr.)
46. File menu option (pl.)
50. Chemical symbol for neon
52. Stock symbol for Raytheon
54. Chemical symbol for antimony
56. Special
diode type that can be switched (abbr.)
57. 1/100 meter (abbr.)
59. Family
of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)
61. ________ _____ - Degrees
of separation between two lines meeting at a common vertex (2 wds., abbr.)
62.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
64. Electric enclosure standard
organization (abbr.)
66. Unit of length (abbr.)
67. Network configuration
type (pl.)
68. Pick-and-_____ automated PCB component insertion tool
69. Chemical
symbol for xenon
70. The study of high frequency sound waves
71. Shorthand
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1. More than one transceiver (abbr.)
2. Code
for a type of electrical wire insulation (abbr.)
3. Move from cell to cell
4. Prefix for 10E-18
5. Logical negation operator
6. Computer display unit
7. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
8. Add an impurity to a semiconductor
9. CB slang for CB radio or antenna
10. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)
12. Brand of hobby knife
16. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
19. Chemical symbol
for copper
21. Greek letter
23. Opposite of a LO
24. Chemical symbol for
xenon
26. Logarithmic unit of ratio
28. Area on a shaft for accommodating
a setscrew (pl.)
29. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock (pl.)
31. Greek letter (abbr.)
32. Uppermost surface
33. Base of the binary number
system
35. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)
36. Cellphone band directly above
DCS
38. Receiver-Transmitter (abbr., var.)
44. Type of shielded RF cable with
two inner conductors
47. Chemical symbol for arsenic
48. Voltage-controlled
crystal oscillator (abbr., pl.)
49. Chemical symbol for erbium
51. Worldwide
Interoperability for Microwave Access (abbr.)
53. Chemical symbol for tantalum
54. Impenetrable physical barrier
55. Bit error rate tester (abbr.)
57. Slang
for helicopter
58. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)
60. Type
of component package (abbr.)
62. International Telecommunications Union
63.
Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)
64. Silicon
transistor type (abbr.)
65. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.) |
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