Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
September 5, 2010

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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- 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 - Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle, 9-5-2010

ACROSS

1. Engineering firm in Middletown, OH, that provides RF subsystem design services
6. Audible emanations
9. ___ Industries, RF switch & attenuator manufacturer located in Indianapolis, IN
12. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)
13. PC follower
14. Stock symbol for Boeing
15. Decimeter (abbr.)
17. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.
18. Chemical symbol for californium
19. Numerical prefix meaning 10 (var.)
21. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)
23. Chemical symbol for calcium
24. Add catalyst
25. Electronic assembly transport container
27. Foot/12
29. _____+phase, filter vendor in Norwalk, CT
31. Chemical symbol for erbium
32. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1672
34. Junk e-mail
36. Chemical symbol for strontium
38. Outside shells
40. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star (pl.)
44. Unit of length (abbr.)
46. Ham's code for "Answer in prearranged order."
47. Chemical symbol for tantalum
48. Army-Navy specification prefix
49. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
50. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
52. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)
55. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
57. Its chemical symbol is Os
58. First magnitude star in Auriga
60. Chemical symbol for silicon
62. Component
63. Release control over
65. Chemical symbol for thallium
67. Artech _____, technical book publisher
70. One who DXs
73. 10-Gb Attachment Units Interface
74. Equivalent circuit type using a current source and parallel resistor
76. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
78. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)
79. Type of programmable device (abbr.)
80. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
81. International Reply Coupon
83. __ Dude, premier design consultant in Rochester, NY
84. Type of current
86. Shorthand for oxygen
88. Innovative Power Products, Holbrook, NY (abbr.)
91. The Microwave Office software company (abbr.)
92. A line on a map that joins points of equal pressure
93. _______-Photonics, RF components & design services company in Palm City, FL
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2. Unit of time (abbr.)
3. Weight (abbr.)
4. Computer character set (abbr.)
5. Chemical symbol for europium
6. The gaseous state of water
7. Chemical symbol for niobium
8. Digital attenuator company in Carson, CA
10. Type of modulation (abbr.)
11. Unit of magnetic flux
13. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
15. Printer resolution abbreviation
16. ____ Microwave, RF component company in FuJian, China
20. Mr. von Helmholtz's first name
21. _____-wise linear
22. A BPF specification (abbr.)
24. Chemical symbol for argon
26. Method of connecting redundant power supplies (pl.)
28. ________ Technology, high precision analog measurement instrument company located in San Francisco, CA
30. Small representative graphic
33. A common battery cell size
34. Network configuration type
35. Unit of time (abbr.)
37. __ Micro Devices, RFIC manufacturer in Greensboro, NC
39. Precision landing system (abbr.)
41. Chemical symbol for radium
42. Network department (abbr.)
43. Adding an impurity to a semiconductor
45. The "T" in ATE
46. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by."
51. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
52. Chemical symbol for plutonium
53. Volts divided by resistance
54. _____ Microwave East (part of L3-Com), RF component manufacturer located in Hauppauge, NY
56. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
57. Method of connecting redundant power supplies
59. 30 kHz to 300 kHz
61. International Telecommunications Union
64. The "E" in EHF
66. ____ Technologies, RF module maker in Merlin, OR
67. Maintains a voltage for sampling
68. Switch position
69. Electrical enclosure company in Rochester, MN
71. Chemical symbol for xenon
72. RF IC manufacturer headquartered in South Korea (abbr.)
75. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)
77. Ovenized crystal oscillator (abbr.)
82. Pure carrier (abbr.)
85. Chemical symbol for cobalt
87. Chemical symbol for chlorine
89. Chemical symbol for platinum
90. Chemical symbol for praseodymium







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RF Cafe - Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle, 9-5-2010 - solution