The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-66

September and October 1981

N. A. Renzetti
Editor


December 15, 1981

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

RADIO ASTRONOMY

Radio Astronomy
R. D. Shaffer, G. S. Levy, H. C. Wilck, M. J. Grimm, S. Gulkis, T. B. Kuiper, and E. T. Olsen
NASA Code 311-03-21-00

RADIO INTERFEROMETRY AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES

GEODETIC TECHNIQUES DEVELOPMENT

Proper Frequencies of a Down-Looking Water-Vapor Radiometer Over Sea Surface
S. C. Wu
NASA Code 692-40-01-00

SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION

Block I VLBI

Block I Phase 2 Very Long Baseline Interferometry Implementation
J. H. Wilcher
NASA Code 311-03-41-01

THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK

DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN

The DSN Programming System
G. A. Madrid
NASA Code 311-03-41-01

PLANETARY AND INTERPLANETARY MISSION SUPPORT

Planetary Flight Projects

Voyager Mission Support (I)
N. Fanelli and H. Nance
NASA Code 311-03-22-20

Voyager Mission Support (II)
N. Fanelli and H. Nance
NASA Code 311-03-22-02

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation

A VLBI Survey of the Northern Polar Cap Region
D. D. Morabito, R. A. Preston, and J. Faulkner
NASA Code 310-10-60-26

Arcsecond Positions for Milliarcsecond VLBI Nuclei of Extragalactic Radio Sources. Part I:546 Sources
D. D. Morabito, R. A. Preston, and M. A. Slade
NASA Code 310-10-60-26

An FM/CW Method for the Measurements of Time Delays of Large Cassegrain Antennas
T. Y. Otoshi
NASA Code 310-10-60-05

Communications

An M-ary Coherent Optical Receiver for the Free-Space Channel
V. A. Vilnrotter
NASA Code 310-40-73-55

Thermal Measurement Technique of Rib Elements on DSN Antenna Structure
S. Glazer and G. Gale
NASA Code 310-20-65-04

X-Band Narrow-Beam Radiometer for DSS 13
M. M. France, S. D. Slobin, and C. T. Stelzried
NASA Code 310-20-66-15

Design of a 1.5-m, 32-GHz, Clear Aperture Antenna
A. Cha
NASA Code 310-20-65-04

Power Efficiency of Semiconductor Injection Lasers
J. Katz
NASA Code 310-20-67-59

Phase-Locking of Semiconductor Injection Lasers
J. Katz
NASA Code 310-10-67-59

2.5-Bit/Detected Photon Demonstration Program: Description, Analysis, and Phase I Results
J. R. Lesh, J. Katz, H. H. Tan, and D. Zwillinger
NASA Code 310-20-67-59

Station Control and System Technology

DSS 13 Unattended Operations Station Controller Status Report
H. Cooper
NASA Code 310-20-67-54

A Digital Filter Implementation of the Deep Space Transponder Phase Lock Loop Integrator
J. W. Heller
NASA Code 310-30-70-00

Network Data Processing and Productivity

Improved Carrier Tracking Performance with Coupled Phase-Locked Loops
D. Divsalar and J. H. Yuen
NASA Code 310-40-74-57

Implications of the Putnam Software Equation on Confidence Levels for Project Success
R. C. Tausworthe
NASA Code 310-40-72-10

Gain Uncertainty of Arrayed Antennas
B. L. Seidel
NASA Code 310-40-74-54

Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Projects Using a Polynomial Cash Flow Model for Nonuniform Maintenance and Operations Costs
D. S. Remer and G. Lorden
NASA Code 310-40-73-06

NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Network

Sine Wave Ranging Revisited
A. I. Zygielbaum and A. Robinson
NASA Code 311-03-41-91

Radio Frequency Interference by Earth Orbiting Satellites: Deep Space Interference Prediction Program
D. L. Cain and P. E. Beyer
NASA Code 311-03-41-31

New S-Band Transmitter Automation Software
W. Stahnke
NASA Code 312-03-42-09

The Effect of Partial Coherence in Receiving System Noise Temperature on Array Gain for Telemetry and Radio Frequency Carrier Reception for Similar Receiving Systems
M. H. Brockman
NASA Code 311-03-43-20

Optimum Equipment Maintenance/Replacement Policy
Part 1: Dynamic Programming Approach

T. Charng
NASA Code 311-03-41-08

System Reliability Analysis with Dynamic Programming
T. Charng
NASA Code 311-03-41-06

A Computerized Life-Cycle Cost Methodology for Engineering Analysis
R. D. Hughes
NASA Code 311-03-41-06

Ground Communications

GCF-NOCC Reconfiguration
J. P. McClure
NASA Code 311-06-20-00

Deep Space Stations

Antenna Aximuth Bearing Model Experiment
H. McGinness
NASA Code 311-20-65-05

OPERATIONS

Network Operations

Operational VLBI Clock Synchronization and Platform Parameter Determination
J. V. LuValle, R. D. Shaffer, M. G. Roth, T. M. Eubanks, and P. S. Callahan
NASA Code 311-03-141-296

Synthesizer Stability Evaluation
E. N. Sosa and D. A. Tyner
NASA Code 312-03-51-32

Investigation of Digitally Controlled Oscillator Operability Problems
W. D. Weisman
NASA Code 311-03-12-10

Emergency Telemetry Performance
W. Tisdale
NASA Code 311-03-14-20

Deep Space Stations

Goldstone STDN 9-Meter Radiation Test
J. R. Blain
NASA Code 311-03-14-20

A Solar Powered Water Purification System at Goldstone (DSS 13)
F. J. Menninger and R. J. Elder
NASA Code AA-882-20-00-00

Energy Consumption for the Echo Station (DSS 12)
C. N. Guiar and D. Schonfeld
NASA Code 311-03-41-08


The research described in this publication was carried out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, service, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement by the United States Government or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.


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