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May 1967 Radio-Electronics
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics.
See articles from Radio-Electronics,
published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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Here is another "R-E
Puzzler," this one from the May 1967 issue of Radio-Electronics magazine.
It is a uniquely formatted type of crossword puzzle, where all of the common vertically
connected letters are provided by the creator. All the words to be filled in go
horizontally. All of the clues and words are related to electronics and/or physics.
A couple of the words require familiarity with some of the technology of the era,
like vacuum tubes and peculiarities of CRT type televisions. You will probably be
able to guess everything based on the letters provided. Personally, I prefer the
traditional crossword puzzle format because it is more of a challenge; however,
these "Puzzlers" are a good relief for a Friday afternoon whilst waiting for the
weekend to begin.
R-E Puzzler
 No vertical sweep is required to work this
puzzle, only horizontal. Can you fill in all the blanks correctly? Note position
of the tie-in letters.
1) Insufficient modification of carrier wave at transmitter.
2) Type of color picture tube using one electron gun.
3) Self-saturating type of magnetic amplifier.
4) Seven-electrode vacuum tube.
5) Device to reduce signal level.
6) To make uniform.
7) Compounds of this metal are sometimes used for cathodes.
8) Receiver cabinet that stands on floor.
9) Instrument that shows wave-forms on CRT screen.
10) Semiconductor device for switching and storage circuits.
11) One-millimicro unit of electrical current.
12) The reciprocal of reluctance.
13) Current transfer ratio.
14) Spiral-shaped.
15) Plating metal components with this improves surface conductivity.
16) Alloy wire with qualities ideal for precision wirewound resistors.
17) A tone that slides smoothly from one pitch to another.
18) Charge remaining on capacitor after initial discharge.
19) Degree to which receiver responds to incoming signals.
20) Instrument for measuring active power in an electrical circuit.
21) Method of winding noninductive resistors.
22) An electronic musical instrument.
23) Pattern showing variations in amplitude with time.
24) Color of three bands when resistor value is 33 K.
25) Effect which causes wrong hue on face of color CRT.
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May 1967 Radio-Electronics Puzzler
March 1967 Radio-Electronics Puzzler
February
18
February
11
February 4
January
28
January 21
January 14
January 7
Solution to RE Puzzler for May 1967
1) undermodulation
2) chromatron
3) amplistat
4) heptode
5) attenuator
6) standardize
7) magnesium
8) console
9) oscilloscope
10) binistor
11) nanoampere
12) permeance
13) beta
14) helical
15) cadmium
16) manganin
17) glissando
18) residual
19) sensitivity
20) wattmeter
21) bifilar
22) theremin
23) waveform
24) orange
25) misregistration
Subtract 4 points for each part you didn't answer correctly.
Your rating:
60-64 Fair.
68-72 Good.
76--84 Better.
88-96 Even better!
100 Perfect!
Pat yourself on the back.
By Edmund A. Braun
Posted August 23, 2024
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