The Deep Space Network Progress Report 42-53

July and August 1979


October 15, 1979

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National Aeronautics and
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN

Network Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti

MISSION SUPPORT

Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects

Voyager Support
J. E. Allen and H. E. Nance
NASA Code 311-03-22-20

Pioneer 11 Saturn Encounter Support
G. M. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-22-60

RADIO ASTRONOMY

Radio Astronomy
R. J. Fahnestock and R. M. Taylor
NASA Code 311-03-21-00

SUPPORT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation

A Voltage-Controlled Optical Radio Frequency-Phase Shifter
K. Y. Lau
NASA Code 310-10-62-22

A Point Design for a Gyrotron Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier
A. Kupiszewski
NASA Code 310-10-64-10

Demonstration of Remote Clock Monitoring by VLBI, With Three Baseline Closure
C. M. Cheetham, W. J. Hurd, J. W. Layland, G. A. Madrid, and T. P. Yunck
NASA Code 310-10-62-28

Projected State-of-the-Art for Frequency Standards for the DSN in the 1982-1990 Time Frame
W. Higa and R. Sydnor
NASA Code 310-10-62-22

Station Control and Operations Technology

The R0 Parameter for Optical Communication Using Photon Counting
R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 310-30-70-14

Density and Reliability Predictions for a General Logic Structure for Custom LSI
M. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-70-10

NETWORK FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Network

Frequency Down-Converters as Applied to VLBI
N. C. Ham
NASA Code 311-03-42-62

The NOCC Radio Science Subsystem - System Performance Validation for the DSN Radio Science and Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Systems
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

Design of a Quick-Look Decoder for the DSN (7,1/2) Convolutional Code
C. A. Greenhall and R. L. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-43-20

A Reed-Solomon Decoding Program for Correcting Both Errors and Erasures
R. L. Miller, T. K. Truong, B. Benjauthrit, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 311-03-43-20

DSN Tracking System Uplink Frequency Control
G. L. Spradlin
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

DSN CONSCAN - A Vector Nomenclature and Method for Determining Parameter Values
T. Taylor and J. Lu Valle
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

Deep Space Stations

Antenna Azimuth Bearing Model Experiment
H. McGinness
NASA Code 311-03-42-55

Radio Frequency Performance of DSS 14 64-m Antenna at X-Band Using a Dual Hybrid Mode Feed
A. J. Freiley
NASA Code 311-03-42-55

An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Antenna Pointing Errors on Range Delays
T. Y. Otoshi and T. H. Taylor
NASA Code 311-03-42-55

S-Band Ultralow-Noise Traveling-Wave Maser
D. Trowbridge and J. Loreman
NASA Code 311-03-42-54

OPERATIONS

Network Operations

An Improvement in Fourier Transform Accuracy
R. C. Bunce
NASA Code 311-03-14-20

DSS Receiver Thermal Noise Model Comparisons
R. C. Bunce
NASA Code 311-03-14-20

Deep Space Network Feasibility Study of Terminating Southern California Edison Electrical Service to Goldstone
J. L. Koh
NASA Code 311-03-13-32

Deep Space Stations

X-Band Sampling by the Occultation Data Assembly
R. B. Roth
NASA Code 311-03-12-30


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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