This custom RF Cafe engineering & science themed crossword puzzle for February
11th contains only clues and terms associated with engineering, science, physical,
astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, etc., which I have built up over more than two
decades. Being the 11th day, words containing the letter "K" are marked with an
asterisk (*). Many new words and company names have been added that had not even
been added to the world's technical lexicon when I started in the year 2002. As
always, this crossword 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. You might, however, encounter the name of a movie
star like Hedy Lamarr
or a geographical location like
Tunguska, Russia, for reasons which, if you don't already know, might surprise
you. The technically inclined cruciverbalists
amongst us will appreciate the effort. A full list of all RF Cafe crosswords is
at the page bottom. Enjoy!
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission
of RF Cafe is prohibited.
acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words
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1. Unit of power * 6. Units of 1000 CPS *
9. Packet of 10^3 digital "0" or "1" symbols (pl.) * 15. Colorado Springs military
school (abbr.) 16. Indium Gallium Phosphor semiconductor (abbr.) 18. High-speed
multimedia (abbr.) 20. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band
(abbr.) 21. Electronics components & batteries supplier based in Japan *
23. Ground fault interrupter (abbr.) 24. Attenuator 25. Internet mail protocol
(abbr.) 26. One port of an amplifier 28. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE 30.
Fast Fourier transform (abbr.) 32. "Texting" (abbr.) 33. Nearest and furthest
points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit 34. Logical
gate type (pl.) 37. Schematic label for voltage supply node 39. Type of reconfigurable
memory (abbr., pl.) 43. PC follower 44. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc. 45.
Device which substitutes for an antenna during tests on a transmitter (2 wds.)
48. Graph 50. Chemical symbol for tantalum 52. Part of a FOR loop 53. 10E1
numerical prefix (pl.) 54. Test point (abbr.) 56. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
57. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane 59. 300 kHz to 3 MHz 62. Chemical symbol
for rubidium 64. The "S" in SOIC 67. Reduced in amplitude 71. One type
of electron spin 73. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.) 74. Refuse to
absorb energy 76. Ham's code for "Shall I increase power?" 77. Crystal surface
78. Code for a type of electrical wire insulation 79. Adjust a pot 80. U.S.
military organization (abbr.) 82. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.) 84. Time
delay (abbr.) 85. Advanced Research Projects Agency (abbr.) 87. A common battery
cell size 90. Output intercept point (abbr.) 91. Powers pneumatic devices
92. Test equipment (abbr.) 93. Computer monitor (abbr., pl.) 95. Ratio of
a mechanical drawing 98. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.) 99. An electron
tube in which bunching of electrons is produced by electric fields, used in radars &
microwave ovens * 100. Mass unit (abbr., pl.) * 101. Megavolt / 1000 * |
1. 26.5 GHz to 40 GHz * 2. Discipline for aircraft
navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.) 3. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
4. Wireless Home Digital Interface (abbr.) 5. Slang for when a professor hints
at an exam problem (abbr.) 6. Cutting instrument * 7. Chemical symbol for
mercury 8. Hit a component with an electrostatic discharge 10. One port of
an amplifier 11. Unit of resistance (pl.) 12. Base Station Transceivers (abbr.)
13. Type of high frequency diode (abbr.) 14. Chemical symbol for thulium 16.
Type of secondary radar system (abbr.) 17. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
19. Sharp bend in I-V curve (pl.) * 22. Extremely high strength fiber used in
explosion-proof enclosures & bullet-proof vests * 25. "Texting" (abbr.)
26. FCC Part 15 rules apply in this band (abbr.) 27. Strong cable covering
29. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.) 31. Temporary Engineering
Change document (abbr.) 32. Surface Mount Technology 35. One port of an amplifier
36. Type of component package (abbr.) 38. Chemical symbol for calcium 40.
Unit of inductance (abbr.) 41. Type of data storage IC 42. Used logic gates
46. Yard (abbr.) 47. Dual Tone Multi-Frequency 49. Transform type for changing
series shorted transmission line stub into a parallel open line stub * 51. Radio
Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.) 55. Programmable logic device (abbr.)
57. Co-channel rejection ratio (abbr.) 58. Chemical symbol for beryllium 60.
Method of self-detection and self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.)
61. Runge-_____ method in differential equations * 63. Number system of 1's and
0's 64. Adjust a pot 65. Front edge of a wing (abbr.) 66. Display type
68. Equalizer (abbr.) 69. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
70. Impurity in a semiconductor 72. It can follow an MS 74. Government program
to bring electricity to farms (abbr.) 75. Device to assist in the performance
of a chore (pl.) 79. Switch configuration (abbr.) 81. Singulated piece of
IC wafer 83. First-in, first-out, abbr. 86. A common RS-232 serial bus command
(abbr.) 88. Chemical symbol for arsenic 89. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also
a common word used by Bill the Cat) * 92. Logic family (abbr.) 93. Chemical
symbol for chlorine 94. Write-Once (abbr.) 96. Chemical symbol for silver
97. Chemical symbol for nickel 98. Chemical symbol for nobelium |
See solution below
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