The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-89

January-March 1987

E. C. Posner
Editor


May 15, 1987

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

OSTDS TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION

DSS 13 Frequency Stability Tests
T. Y. Otoshi and M. M. Franco
NASA Code 310-20-62-25-00

COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND

Spacecraft Mass Trade-Offs Versus Radio-Frequency Power and Antenna Size at 8 GHz and 32 GHz
C. E. Gilchriest
NASA Code 310-20-64-50-00

Use of a 2.3-GHz Traveling-Wave Maser on the Usuda 64-Meter Antenna
D. Neff
NASA Code 310-20-66-09-00

STATION CONTROL AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

A VLSI Single Chip (255, 223) Reed-Solomon Encoder With Interleaver
I. S. Hsu, L. J. Deutsch, T. K. Truong, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 310-30-71-18-02

DSN Advanced Receiver: Breadboard Description and Test Results
D. H. Brown and W. J. Hurd
NASA Code 310-30-70-84-02

DSN Systems Implementation
CAPABILITIES FOR NEW PROJECTS

Results of Using the Global Positioning System to Maintain the Time and Frequency Synchronization in the Deep Space Network
P. A. Clements, A. Kirk, and R. Unglaub
NASA Code 314-30-56-57-17

Microwave Component Time Delays for the 70-Meter Antennas
R. Hartop
NASA Code 314-30-56-04-18

Z-Corrections for DSN 70-Meter Antenna Ranging Calibration
A. G. Cha
NASA Code 314-30-56-04-01

Block III X-Band Receiver-Exciter
C. E. Johns
NASA Code 314-30-63-01-02

Dual-Polarization 8.45 GHz Traveling-Wave Maser
R. B. Quinn
NASA Code 314-40-59-31-02

An Interactive Wire-Wrap Board Layout Program
A. Schlutsmeyer
NASA Code 314-30-69-01-22

DISCRETIONARY FUNDED TASKS

An Evaluation of the Communication System for the TAU Mission Study
B. D. Metscher
NASA Code 404-00-73-03-64


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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