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
DSN Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
DSN Operations Control System
J. E. Maclay
MISSION SUPPORT
Interplanetary Flight Projects
Pioneer Mission Support
A. J. Siegmeth
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin
Planetary Flight Projects
Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway
Manned Space Flight Project
Apollo Mission Support
R. B. Hartley
ADVANCED ENGINEERING
Tracking and Navigational Accuracy Analysis
Second Order Charged Particle Effects on Electromagnetic
Waves in the Interplanetary Medium
O. H. von Roos
Communications Systems Research
Information Systems: Hardware Version of an Optimal
Convolutional Decoder
W. Lushbaugh
Improved Frequency Dividers
G. Lutes
The Limits of Minimum Distance Decoding
R. J. McEliece
Symmetrically Decodable Codes
R. J. McEliece and J. E. Savage
Boolean Difference Calculus and Fault Finding
I. S. Reed
New Developments in the Hydrogen Maser Frequency Standard
A. Sward
Sequential Ranging With the Viterbi Algorithm
U. Timor
Communications Elements Research
A Study of Microwave Transmission Through Perforated Flat Plates
T. Y. Otoshi
Design of Hydrogen Maser Cavity Tuning Servo
C. Finnie
Improved RF Calibration Techniques: System Operating
Noise Temperature Calibrations
M. S. Reid
Supporting Research and Technology
Photon Energies of a Cathode-Ray Tube System
J. J. Volkoff
Mark IIIA Simulation Center Interactive Alphanumeric
Television System
C. F. Leahey
A Reanalysis Program for Antenna Member Size Changes
R. Levy
Antenna Structures: Evaluation of Field Measurements of
Reflector Distortions
B. Marcus and M. S. Katow
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
SFOF Development
SFOF Cable Control
R. A. Paine
Diagnostics for the SFOF Mark IIIA Central Processing System:
Pre-Mission CPS/Facility Checkout Procedures
R. A. Wells
GCF Development
GCF Reconfiguration of the Goldstone DSCC Microwave
Terminals for 50-kbit Data Transmission
R. G. Hanselman
DSIF Development
Coherent Reference Generator for DSN Mark III Data System
R. B. Crow
Tracking and Data System Near-Earth Telemetry
Automatic Switching Unit
L. Butcher
DSN Projects and Systems Development
DSN Discrepancy Reporting Subsystem
D. G. Tustin
Optimal Frame Synchronization
W. Kizner
OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES
DSN Operations
DSN Traceability and Reporting Program
J. A. Miccio
GCF Operations
The Teletype Discipline of Data Transfer Designed for
Support of Mariner Mars 1971 Missions
F. E. Bond, Jr.
DSIF Operations
DSIF Uplink Amplitude Instability Measurement
A. Bryan and G. Osborn
Processed Data Combination for Telemetry Improvement - DSS 62
J. M. Urech
Facility Engineering
Overseas DSIF 64-m Antenna Project Status
F. D. McLaughlin
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