Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
May 22, 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 Cafe - Engineering Crossword 5-22-2011


ACROSS DOWN
1. The "F" in CFL bulbs
6. Parameter that is a figure of merit for receiver performance in presence of multiple signals (abbr.)
9. Change connector type
10. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
12. Digital voltmeter (abbr.)
14. Chemical symbol for antimony
16. Permissable deviation from a specified value normally expressed as a percentage (pl.)
19. Automatic repeat request used in AMTOR (abbr.)
21. Unit of time (abbr.)
22. Unit of weight
23. Length times width
24. Digital transmission figure of merit (abbr.)
26. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)
28. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr.)
29. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)
30. Crystal filter type (abbr.)
32. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
33. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE
34. Mass unit (abbr.)
35. Exactly the same in mathematics
37. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
38. Chemical symbol for terbium
40. Greek letter (micro)
41. Chemical symbol for neon
42. 10^23 of anything (pl.)
44. Equalizer (abbr.)
45. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)
47. Type of current
49. Type of logic gate
50. Chemical symbol for radium
51. Ham's code for "Is my transmission being interferred with?"
52. Two of these in a whole
54. Precision approach radar (abbr.)
55. Electrical conductor
56. Discipline for aircraft navigation in low visibility environments (abbr.)
57. Pure carrier (abbr.)
60. Total radiated power (abbr.)
61. Curve traced out by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling on the exterior of another circle
66. Chemical symbol for arsenic
67. Last statement in a BASIC program
68. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
69. Device to assist in the performance of a chore (pl.)
72. Form of energy arising from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules
73. Using software for circuit or system design (pl.)
1. 12 inches
2. An abbreviation for "receiver"
3. Chemical symbol for selenium
4. 1e-6 mA
5. Time Division Multiplexing
6. One element of a scattering matrix
7. Unit of length (abbr.)
8. Describes a 4-sided plane figure having four inside right angles
11. Popular graphics program
12. Keyboard key
13. ELI the ICE ___
14. Chemical symbol for scandium
15. Greek letter (pl.)
17. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor
18. System On Chip
20. Ham's code for "Shall I decrease power?"
24. Maximally flat filter response
25. Greek letter
27. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
28. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
30. Compliment to raising a number to the power of 2
31. Computer communication scheme (abbr., pl.)
33. Small representative graphic
35. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
36. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
37. Unit of length (abbr.)
39. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)
43. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)
46. Centimeter (abbr.)
47. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
48. Chemical symbol for chlorine
50. The "R" in ARINC
51. Ham's code for "Shall I stop sending?"
52. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)
53. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency
58. 3-phase transformer configuration
59. Programmable Logic Device (abbr.)
62. Network department (abbr.)
63. Stock symbol for Conexant
64. Type of spread spectrum that does not use frequency hopping (abbr.)
65. Precision landing system (abbr.)
69. Chemical symbol for tantalum
70. Chemical symbol for silicon
71. Chemical symbol for aluminum



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RF Cafe - Engineering Crossword Solution 5-22-2011