Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle
January 29, 2012

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Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle, January 29, 2012 - RF Cafe

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1. Use a filter to assure the spectral content of transmitted signal
5. Leaded component type
10. Chemical symbol for polonium
11. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity
13. Integrate data onto a carrier wave
16. Two of these in a whole
17. Output intercept point (abbr.)
19. Medium for storing large amounts of digital data
20. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices
21. Component seller
24. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)
25. 1E6 nanoseconds
26. U.S. military organization (abbr.)
27. 2 x SSB
29. Chemical symbol for krypton
30. 10 decibels
31. Unit of length (abbr.)
33. Unit of weight
35. Changes from the initial value due to instability
38. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
40. Light ray
42. First man to orbit the earth - ____ Gagarin
43. Infrared (abbr.)
45. Automatons
47. The system than converts common website names to IP addresses (abbr.)
49. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)
50. Part of a male connector
51. Modulation type (abbr.)
53. 30 Hz to 300 Hz
55. Base of the decimal number system
56. Test equipment (abbr.)
58. 1/000 of an inch
60. What kind of nuclear reaction powers both the sun and a hydrogen bomb
63. Error checking scheme (abbr.)
64. Small representative graphic
66. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)
67. Inductor
68. The star Alpha Geminorum
71. Adjust a pot
73. Chemical symbol for radium
74. Threaded fastener
75. Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment

1. Send junk e-mail
2. Sample-and-____
3. Chemical symbol for platinum
4. Generated an official engineering change document
6. Chemical symbol for xenon
7. One port of an amplifier
8. Logic family
9. Termination
12. Part of a male connector
14. Differential Phase Shift Keying
15. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.)
16. Amateur radio enthusiast
18. Chemical symbol for palladium
21. Electrical unit of potential difference
22. Opposite of I.D.
23. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)
26. Specify system parameters
28. Form for winding inductors
30. Nickname given to a satellite
32. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
34. A common lamp tube gas
35. Changing
36. Chemical symbol for ruthenium
37. Chemical symbol for silicon
39. Chemical symbol for chromium
41. PC follower
44. Part of this website's title
46. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance
48. Below ELF
52. Type of capacitor dielectric
54. Upper frequency (abbr.)
55. Frequency (pl.)
56. Type of shielded RF cable with two inner conductors
57. High-speed logic family
59. Signal amplitude degradation due to inefficiency
61. Chemical symbol for selenium
62. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)
63. Material used in the center of an inductor coil
65. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)
69. Type of logic gate
70. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
72. Chemical symbol for tantalum

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Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution, January 29, 2012 - RF Cafe

Microwave Engineering Crossword PuzzleJanuary 29, 2012

Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle
January 29, 2012