Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
January 8, 2012
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.
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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle, 1/8/2012 - RF Cafe


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1. Gallium nitride chemical symbol
4. Balanced-to-unbalanced device
9. Relative power level unit (abbr.)
12. Nearest and furthest points to the center of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit
13. _____ rule, a 1950s engineer's tool
14. Device to assist in the performance of a chore
16. Adjust
17. Chemical symbol for europium
18. Ratio of circumference to diameter
19. What name is given to the most frequently occurring number in a series of numbers
20. ______ velocity - speed necessary to become free of the Earth's gravitational force
23. Created upward force with an airfoil
25. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount
27. Repositions
28. Computer monitor cable type (abbr.)
29. Electric coronal discharge
31. (fUpper + fLower) / 2
32. Greek letter used for resistance
34. Ham's code for "What is your location?"
36. Voltage limiter
37. Unit of frequency
38. Existing in only 2 dimensions
43. European space probe which visited Halley's comet
48. Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone
49. Chemical symbol for aluminum
51. Decimeter (abbr.)
52. Its chemical symbol is Fe
53. Commercial Off-the-Shelf
54. Metric length unit
56. Geometric entity with only length
57. Half of DSB
58. Queries an input for changes
59. "Texting" (abbr.)

 1. General Packet Radio Service
2. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)
3. Electric enclosure standard organization (abbr.)
4. RF engineer's degree
5. Arithmetic Logic Unit (abbr.)
6. Chemical symbol for lithium
7. User Datagram Protocol
8. Apollo 11 astronaut ____ Armstrong
9. Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
10. Turn on the computer
11. The "C" in CDMA
12. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)
15. Semiconductor lamp
21. Cellphone band above DCS
22. Scientific formula
24. Precision landing system (abbr.)
25. Chemical symbol for argon
26. Chemical symbol for terbium
27. 1/1000000 prefix
30. Turn on a repeater by transmitting on its input freq (2 wds.)
33. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)
34. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)
35. CPS
36. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.)
38. Personal Digital Cellular
39. Low altitude earth orbit
40. Advanced Communication Technologies and Services (abbr.)
41. Transportation accident investigation agency (abbr.)
42. Increase voltage linearly
43. General Mobile Radio Service (abbr.)
44. Applies a lubricant
45. Adjust
46. Unit of weight (pl.)
47. Exponent that returns the original number
50. Constellation : The lion
51. Keyboard key
55. Chemical symbol for thallium

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RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution, 1/8/2012 - RF Cafe