Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle
May 5, 2013

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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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle for May 5, 2013 - RF Cafe

 
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1. Antenna structure that connects directly to the feed line (2 wds., pl.)
9. System On Chip
10. Keyboard key
12. Chemical symbol for tin
14. Creating a code version of a semiconductor device
18. Chemical symbol for nickel
19. Error checking scheme (abbr.)
21. Chemical symbol for selenium
22. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)
23. Exactly the same in mathematics
26. 30 Hz to 300 Hz
29. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
31. Device for linearly adding two or more inputs (pl.)
33. Chemical symbol for bismuth
34. Audio Frequency Shift Keying (abbr.)
37. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)
38. Type of flip flop
39. Chemical symbol for rhodium
40. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)
41. Very small aperture terminal
43. Chemical symbol for tantalum
45. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)
46. Stock symbol for Boeing
47. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)
48. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
49. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
50. _____ factor, the peak-to-average waveform value
51. Transistor circuit configuration where a resistor in the emitter sets the operating point (2 wds.)
55. Chemical symbol for arsenic
56. Chemical symbol for radium
57. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)
58. Chemical symbol for francium
60. Current-voltage phase mnemonic
62. 36 in. (abbr., pl.)
63. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)
64. Chemical symbol for lawrencium
65. Weight (abbr.)
66. Internet protocol (abbr.)
68. Unit of length (abbr.)
70. Periodic waveform with vertical leading edges and sloped trailing edges
74. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star
76. 1e3 uV
77. One port of an amplifier
78. Exponent that returns the original number
79. Chemical symbol for neptunium
80. Switch position
81. Morse Code for "from"
82. Connector type
84. Large transmitting tube such klystron, magnetron
85. European equivalent to the U.L.
87. Chemical symbol for dysprosium
88. Chemical symbol for helium
89. Join a male and a female connector
90. Boob tube (abbr.)
91. Movement of air
92. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)
93. Prefix used on many MIL-SPEC components
96. _____-Kutta method in differential equations
99. Unit of length (abbr.)
100. Chemical symbol for gallium
102. Uppermost surface
104. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
105. High frequency speakers
108. Chemical symbol for nobelium
109. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)
111. Programmable logic device (abbr.)
113. Nickname given to a power setting above the legal limit (2 wds.)
1. The "D" in CD
2. Network department (abbr.)
3. Volt-ohmmeter (abbr.)
4. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)
5. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce (abbr.)
6. Enhanced Datarates for Global Evolution
7. Chemical symbol for neon
8. Chemical symbol for thallium
11. Unit of inductance
13. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)
15. Smaller moon of Mars
16. Heat required to change a solid into a liquid or a liquid into a gas without change of temperature
17. Band between RF and BB
18. 1e-6 mA
20. Chemical symbol for chlorine
24. Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (abbr.)
25. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
27. Modem encoding method (abbr.)
28. JavaScript (abbr.)
30. Greek letter used for coefficient of reflection (pl.)
32. Part of this website's title
33. Chemical symbol for bromine
35. U.S. Spectrum allocation agency
36. Type of component package (abbr.)
38. Man who invented the steam engine and after whom the unit of power is named (2 wds.)
41. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)
42. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)
43. Prefix meaning ground or earth
44. Rubbing of one particle against another in a resin bed
46. Filter type (abbr.)
47. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
48. Extremely dense body (2 wds.)
49. End of soldering iron
52. Chemical symbol for erbium
53. Perfect absorber of radiation (2 wds.)
54. Parameter that is a figure of merit for receiver performance in presence of multiple signals (abbr., pl.)
59. Type of flip-flop
61. Maker of products
62. Ham-ese for Young Lady
65. National Bureau of Standards radio station (time signals)
67. Chemical symbol for platinum
69. Search for data (slang)
71. Volts divided by resistance
72. Output intercept point (abbr.)
73. Describes two surfaces connected by a device that allows rotation wrt each other
75. Test equipment (abbr.)
79. Chemical symbol for niobium
80. One port of an amplifier
82. Adjust the specification for temperature
83. Empty space left in rocket fuel tank to allow for fuel expansion
84. Intel x86 command for " jump if above"
86. 1.602E-19 Joules
87. Aerodynamic opposition to thrust
88. Opposite of a LO
89. Premier RF/microwave engineering magazine (abbr.)
91. Chemical symbol for argon
92. Chemical symbol for manganese
94. PC follower
95. Negation prefix
97. Unit of time (abbr.)
98. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)
99. Chemical symbol for iron
101. Advanced Research Projects Agency (abbr.)
103. It is the "P" in S2P
106. Stock symbol for Texas Instruments
107. Crystal filter type (abbr.)
109. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
110. Chemical symbol for aluminum
112. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
 

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Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for May 5, 2013 - RF Cafe