Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
October 23, 2011

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.

2011 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF & Microwave Crossword, October 23, 2011 - RF Cafe


ACROSS DOWN
1. Ham's code for "Are you busy?"
4. Effect which causes a voltage between the faces of a crystal under mechanical pressure
14. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg.
16. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)
17. Network device that takes commands from another similar device
18. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)
19. A common battery cell size
20. A "1" or a "0"
22. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)
23. "Calling any amateur radio station"
25. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)
26. Personal Digital Cellular
27. Part of this website's title
29. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
31. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)
34. User Datagram Protocol
36. Adds or removes charged particles such as electrons from an atom or molecule
37. Measure of density of material with air pockets
38. Chemical symbol for lawrencium
40. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
41. Device that allows repeater users to make telephone calls through a repeater
43. 1E6 bits per second
45. 10 decibels
48. Chemical symbol for thulium
49. Aircraft navigation systems
52. Chemical symbol for mendelevium
53. Tweaked a filter for the correct response
55. Inventor of the pre-quantum atomic model
57. Web page language
59. Computer Assisted Design and Development
60. Chemical symbol for radon
61. Indium phosphide
62. The largest asteroid
63. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
64. Chemical symbol for nickel
65. High frequency semiconductor (abbr.)
67. Set of poles
68. Wireless phone region
69. Terminations
71. Chemical symbol for europium
72. Radio signal route
74. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
75. The system than converts common website names to IP addresses (abbr.)
76. Most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from distance
78. This is any flow which occurs from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
80. Chemical symbol for silicon
82. Test equipment (abbr.)
83. Emits electromagnetic energy
85. The "C" in SCADA
87. Multiplexer (abbr.)
88. Swap ____, a Ham's flea market
90. Weight (abbr.)
91. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
92. "Texting" (abbr.)
93. Powers pneumatic devices
95. Chemical symbol for cadmium
97. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
98. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin
99. Chemical symbol for neon
100. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
102. The "U" in UHF
106. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
107. Its chemical symbol is Fe
109. Test equipment that provides a time-domain signal display (pl.)
110. Antenna (abbr.)
1. Geometrical term for any four sided figure
2. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)
3. Chemical symbol for lithium
4. A number divisible only by itself and 1
5. Chemical symbol for erbium
6. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
7. 3-D geometrical figure that is symmetrical about each of three perpendicular axes, and has circular sections along one axis and elliptical sections along the others
8. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
9. Mathematical curve that is the locus of the centres of curvature of another curve
10. European equivalent to the U.L.
11. Type of flip-flop
12. Stock symbol for Intel
13. Error checking scheme (abbr.)
15. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)
16. Early predecessor to an online forum (abbr.)
21. Cause a circuit breaker to open
24. Ham's code for "Zero beat your signal with mine."
26. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
28. Online venue for posting comments & reading replies
30. 6-sided polygons
32. Type of memory
33. Type of data storage IC (abbr.)
35. Chemical symbol for dysprosium
39. An abbreviation for "transceiver"
42. Chemical symbol for holmium
44. Graphics file types
45. Manufacturer of project boxes
46. Last statement in a BASIC program
47. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
50. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1672
51. Remove insulation from a wire
53. Loose end of a cable
54. Antenna structure that connects directly to the feed line (2 wds.)
55. Steady-state voltage reference
56. Test equipment manufacturer, now Agilent (abbr.)
58. Prefix meaning ground or earth
59. Adverse property of Teflon
62. The "brains" of parallel processing computers
63. Chemical symbol for selenium
65. Gallium nitride chemical symbol
66. Agilent's EE design software (abbr.)
68. IC
70. Opposite of I.D.
71. Circuit or mechanical designer with a Bachelor's or higher degree (pl.)
73. Time delay (abbr.)
74. Converts electrical energy into mechanical energy
77. Material testing organization (abbr.)
79. Name the Scottish physicist who developed the theory of electromagnetism
81. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE
83. Chemical symbol for ruthenium
84. Impenetrable physical barrier
86. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)
87. 1E6 nanoseconds
89. EE _____, premier electronics magazine
92. Adjusts a pot
94. A common RS-232 serial bus command (abbr.)
96. Printer resolution abbreviation
97. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
99. Negation prefix
101. Chemical symbol for scandium
102. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)
103. Part of a FOR loop
104. Type of current flow (abbr.)
105. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
108. Chemical symbol for radium



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RF & Microwave Crossword Solution, October 23, 2011 - RF Cafe