National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents
OSO TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION
Estimation and Filtering Techniques for High-Accuracy GPS Applications
S. M. Lichten
NASA Code 310-10-61-84-04
High-Precision Radiometric Tracking for Planetary Approach and Encounter in the Inner Solar System
C. S. Christensen, S. W. Thurman, J. M. Davidson, M. H. Finger, and W. M. Folkner
NASA Code 310-10-63-88-01
The Effect of Spatial and Temporal Wet-Troposphere Fluctuations on Connected Element lnterferometry
C. D. Edwards
NASA Code 310-10-60-87-02
New Ion Trap for Atomic Frequency Standard Applications
J. D. Prestage, G. J. Dick, and L. Maleki
NASA Code 310-10-62-16-00
Operational Parameters for the Superconducting Cavity Maser
R. T. Wang, G. J. Dick, and D. M. Strayer
NASA Code 310-10-62-34-00
Operating and Environmental Characteristics of Sigma Tau Hydrogen Masers Used in the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
T. K. Tucker
NASA Code 310-10-62-85-00
State-of-the-Art Fiber Optics for Short Distance Frequency Reference Distribution
G. Lutes and L. Primas
NASA Code 310-10-62-16-00
Stabilized Fiber-Optic Frequency Distribution System
L. E. Primas, G. F. Lutes, and R. L. Sydnor
NASA Code 310-10-62-16-00
COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND
A New Method for Analysis of Limit Cycle Behavior of the NASA/JPL 70-Meter Antenna Axis Servos
R. E. Hill
NASA Code 310-20-65-63-00
Application of Optimal Control Theory to the Design of the NASA/JPL 70-Meter Antenna Axis Servos
L. S Alvarez and J. Nickerson
NASA Code 310-20-65-63-00
Precision Pointing Compensation for DSN Antennas With Optical Distance Measuring Sensors
R. E. Scheid
NASA Code 310-20-65-67-00
The Effects of Atmospheric Turbulence on Precision Optical Measurements Used for Antenna-Pointing Compensation
N. Nerheim
NASA Code 310-20-65-67-00
A Multiflare Horn With l-Megawatt Power Handling Capability
D. J. Hoppe
NASA Code 310-20-64-86-02
Thermal Measurements of Microwave Transmitter Feedhorn Window
R. M. Perez and D. J. Hoppe
NASA Code 310-20-64-86-02
A New Analysis of Beam-Waveguide Antennas Considering the Presence of the Enclosure
A. G. Cha
NASA Code 310-20-65-86-02
Multipurpose Exciter With Low Phase Noise
B. Conroy and D. Le
NASA Code 310-20-64-22-00
Software Package for Performing Experiments About the Convolutionally Encoded Voyager 1 Link
U. Cheng
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02
The Use of Interleaving for Reducing Radio Loss in Trellis-Coded Modulation Systems
D. Divsalar and M. K. Simon
NASA Code 310-30-41-83-04
Performance of Concatenated Codes Using 8-Bit and 10-Bit Reed-Solomon Codes
F. Pollara and K.-M. Cheung
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02
Decoding of 1/2-Rate (24,12) Golay Codes
T.-K. Truong, I. S. Reed, and X. Yin
NASA Code 310-30-70-87-02
The Weight Distribution and Randomness of Linear Codes
K.-M. Cheung
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02
Effective Amplifier Noise for an Optical Receiver Based on Linear Mode Avalanche Photodiodes
C.-C. Chen
NASA Code 310-20-67-63-00
A Visibility Characterization Program for Optical Communications Through the Atmosphere
K. Cowles
NASA Code 310-20-67-88-03
Options for Daytime Monitoring of Atmospheric Visibility in Optical Communications
D. Erickson and K. Cowles
NASA Code 310-20-67-88-03
Site Selection Criteria for the Optical Atmospheric Visibility Monitoring Telescopes
K. Cowles
NASA Code 310-20-67-88-03
A Novel Approach to a PPM-Modulated Frequency-Doubled Electro-Optic Cavity-Dumped Nd:YAG Laser
D. L. Robinson
NASA Code 310-20-67-88-03
DSN Systems Implementation
CAPABILITIES FOR EXISTING PROJECTS
Microwave Time Delays for the X/S-Band Feed System at X-Band
J. Chen
NASA Code 314-40-57-23-09
DSN Radio Science System Design and Testing for Voyager-Neptune Encounter
N. C. Ham, T. A. Rebold, and J. F. Weese
NASA Code 314-40-41-81-11
Accuracy of Telemetry Signal Power Loss in a Filter as an Estimate for Telemetry Degradation
M. A. Koerner
NASA Code 314-40-41-81-11
The DSS-14 C-Band Exciter
D. R. Rowan
NASA Code 314-30-64-70-05
CAPABILITIES FOR NEW PROJECTS
Orthogonal Sets of Data Windows Constructed From Trigonometric Polynomials
C. A. Greenhall
NASA Code 314-40-41-82-07
NETWORK UPGRADE AND SUSTAINING
DSN 70-Meter Antenna Microwave Optics Design and Performance Improvements Part I: Design Optimization
D. A. Bathker and S. D. Slobin
NASA Code 314-30-56-44-01
DSN 70-Meter Antenna X- and S-Band Calibration Part I: Gain Measurements
P. H. Richter and S. D. Slobin
NASA Code 314-40-41-81-27
DSN 70-Meter Antenna X- and S-Band Calibration Part II: System Noise Temperature Measurements and Telecommunications Link Evaluation
S. D. Slobin and P. H. Richter
NASA Code 314-40-41-81-27
DSN Operations
NEWWORK OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT
Reanalysis, Compatibility, and Correlation in Analysis of Modified Antenna Structures
R. Levy
NASA Code 310-20-65-04-10
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