January 10, 2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
 

Note: A standard for crossword puzzles is when all words in a clue are capitalized, the solution is the abbreviation or acronym for that clue; e.g., Alternating Current = AC.

2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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- Dec 19, Dec 12, Dec 5
- Nov 28, Nov 21, Nov 14, Nov 7
- Oct 31, Oct 24, Oct 17, Oct 10, Oct 3
- Sep 26, Sep 12, Sep 5
- Aug 29, Aug 22
- Jul 25, Jul 18, Jul 11, Jul 4
- Jun 27, Jun 20, Jun 13, Jun 6
- May 30, May 23, May 16, May 9, May 2
- Apr 25, Apr 18, Apr 11, Apr 4
- Mar 28, Mar 21, Mar 14, Mar 7
- Feb 28, Feb 21, Feb 14, Feb 7
- Jan 31, Jan 24, Jan 17, Jan 10, Jan 3

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. ________  _________, passive RF components company in Fairview, TX (2 wds.)
11. Satellite TV system
12. Chemical symbol for silicon
13. Chemical symbol for helium
14. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)
16. Meet all test requirements
18. Balun with both ports unbalanced (pl.)
20. ____ Electronics - RF/microwave components manufacturer in Denville, NJ
22. Network department (abbr.)
24. Chemical symbol for nickel
26. The system than converts common website names to IP addresses (abbr.)
28. Mass unit (abbr.)
29. Unit of time (abbr.)
30. Field Programmable Gate Array (abbr.)
32. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
34. Premier RF/microwave engineering magazine (abbr.)
36. Stock symbol for Intel
38. Greek letter
39. Band between RF and BB
40. Runge-_____ method in differential equations
43. Modulation type (abbr.)
45. Bands between RF and baseband
46. Class of spread spectrum (abbr.)
48. Amateurese for "wife"
49. Notch type filter (abbr.)
51. One port on a FET
53. Chemical symbol for scandium
54. ___- +55A Microwave, RF switch manufacturer in Ventura, CA
55. 54A- + ______ Microwave, RF switch manufacturer in Ventura, CA
56. Chemical symbol for strontium
57. Prefix meaning ground or earth
59. Radio Amateurs of Canada
61. Japanese semiconductor & equipment manufacturer
62. Move in a raster pattern
64. A "1" or a "0"
65. European equivalent to the U.L.
67. A gaseous substance that can be liquefied by pressure alone
69. Collection of electronic records (abbr.)
70. Unit of weight
72. Audio Frequency Shift Keying (abbr.)
74. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)
76. Miniature threaded RF connector
78. 6th Greek letter
79. 30 kHz to 300 kHz
80. 300 Hz to 3 kHz
82. Device under test (abbr.)
84. Chemical symbol for beryllium
85. Surface mount (abbr.)
86. Attenuator (pl.)
88. Electro-mechanical switching device
89. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards (pl.)
91. Type of logic gate
93. Millimeter (abbr.)
94. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)
95. Electrical overstress (abbr.)
97. Part of a directive antenna that derives energy from mutual coupling with the driven element (2 wds., pl.)
 DOWN
1. Start frequency (abbr.)
2. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)
3. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)
4. Digital encoding of the transmission mode in the vertical sync portion of an SSTV image (abbr.)
5. Moving air
6. Charged particles
7. Unit of resistance
8. 5 work days
9. Circuit element connecting PCB layers
10. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
11. Change from the initial value
15. The "D" in CD (pl.)
17. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)
19. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg.
21. Common gateway interface (abbr.)
23. Attenuator topology
25. Chemical symbol for platinum
27. Bandwidth (abbr.)
29. Teflon (abbr.)
31. Triangular joint filler added for strength (pl.)
32. Chemical symbol for californium
33. Radio signal that is reflected back to earth from one of the layers of the ionosphere
34. Point placed on a scope or analyzer display for noting a specific value (pl.)
35. Intel x86 command for " jump if above"
37. Type of aircraft dope
39. Network department (abbr.)
41. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)
42. Chemical symbol for terbium
44. Chemical symbol for magnesium
47. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)
48. Type of logic gate
50. Method of self-detection and self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.)
52. Amplifier Solutions Corporation (abbr.)
57. Image file format name extension
58. Type of current flow (abbr.)
60. Chemical symbol for calcium
61. Chemical symbol for nobelium
62. Chemical symbol for antimony
63. Logical negation (pl.)
64. Strong, lightweight wood
66. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
68. Mr. Dirac's first name
69. 10^1 numerical prefix
71. Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone System (abbr.)
73. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.)
75. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
77. Megacycles (abbr.)
78. One system's phonetic letter "z"
81. Frequency division multiple access (abbr.)
82. 10^-1 numerical prefix
83. Medium for storing large amounts of digital data
84. Frequency vs. amplitude plot
86. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr.)
87. "Texting" (abbr.)
89. Type of data storage IC
90. Adjust a pot
92. Chemical symbol for neptunium
96. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle