National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN
Network Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
The DSN Programming System
A. P. Irvine
NASA Code 311-03-41-15
DSN Test and Training System, Mark III-77
D. T. Herrman, Jr.
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Voyager Support
J. Allen and H. Nance
NASA Code 311-03-22-20
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe Entry Mission Support
B. Ryan, D. Hollingsworth, A. Bailey, and J. Wells
NASA Code 311-03-22-60
Near-Earth Tracking and Date System Support for the Pioneer Venus 1978 Missions
M. R. Traxler and H. W. Calhoun
NASA Code 311-03-22-60
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
Estimated Displacements for the VLBI Reference Point
of the DSS 13 26-m Antenna
H. McGinness, G. Gale, and R. Levy
NASA Code 310-10-61-05
Multipath Effects on the Time Delays of Microwave Cassograinian Antennas
T. Y. Otoshi and W. V. T. Rusch
NASA Code 310-10-01-05
Extrapolated UT1 Effect on VLBI Clock Sync
J. W. Layland and B.V.H. Saxberg
NASA Code 310-10-60-10
Receiver Design Concepts for 
VLBI and Differential
One-Way Range
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-10-60-10
On Improved Ranging-II
J. W. Layland and A. I. Zygielbaum
NASA Code 310-10-60-10
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
Spectral Shaping Without Subcarriers
L. R. Welch
NASA Code 310-20-67-13
Station Control and Operations Technology
Unattended Operations Software System Design
Progress Report
L. Lim
NASA Code 310-30-66-01
Dual A/D Converter With Automatic DMA
Block-Transfer Capability
D. E. Wallis
NASA Code 310-30-70-10
A Note on Digital Signatures
R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 310-30-70-14
A General Logic Structure for Custom LSI
M. W. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-70-10
An Efficient Soft Decision Decoding Algorithm
for Block Codes
H. J. Greenberger
NASA Code 310-30-70-14
NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
Precise Extraction of Geometrical Dependence from
Solar Wind Columnar Turbulence Measurements
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
A Reexamination of the Radial Dependence
of Weak Interplanetary Scintillation
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
A Unified Observational Theory for Solar
Wind Columnar Turbulence
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
Further Results on Fast Transforms for Decoding Reed-Solomon
Codes Over GF (2n) for n = 4, 5, 6, 8
I. S. Reed, T. K. Truong, B. Benjauthrit, and R. L. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-43-20
Ground Communications
Wideband Data Error Rates
J. P. McClure
NASA Code 311-06-40-00
Deep Space Stations
Computerized Simulation and Parameterization of a
New High-Performance Tubular Solar Collector
F. L. Lansing and C. S. Yung
NASA Code 311-03-41-08
DOMSAT CW Transmission Bent Pipe Investigation: Initial Phase
Noise Measurements via RCA SATCOM Link
M. H. Brockman and C. E. Jones
NASA Code 311-03-43-20
DSN VHF Transmitting Array Backup Command
Uplink for Voyager 2
R. M. Dickinson
NASA Code 311-03-41-05
X-3060 Klystron Design Improvement Program Status
A. Goldfinger and M. A. Gregg
NASA Code 311-03-41-05
Radio Frequency Carrier Arraying
R. Lay
NASA Code 311-03-42-51
Spectral Signal Indicator Progress Report
B. Chaney, H. Cooper, and B. Crow
NASA Code 311-03-42-50
S-X 34-Meter Conversion Receiver and
Microwave Performance
H. R. Buchanan
NASA Code 311-03-42-59
Implementation of the DSN VLBI Correlator
J. C. Peterson and J. W. Dillon
NASA Code 311-03-42-62
The Symbol Synchronizer Assembly
M. J. Galitzen
NASA Code 311-03-41-01
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.