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Abstract

Radio frequency interference (RFI) from the DSS 14 Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR) was investigated at DSS 12 and DSS 16 with the goal of assisting in the choice of the location of future DSN antennas. Total power measurements at both locations were made at the S-band carrier frequency of 2320 MHz. X-band measurements at the carrier frequency of 8495 MHz could not be made. Exciterchain output spectrum and klystron output spectrum measurements were made at S- and X-bands using a probable worst-case modulation of the radar signal (short pseudorandom number [PN] code length and short pulse length). Based on these measurements it is estimated that RFI levels in the DSN receiving bands at both sites (above 10-deg elevation) would be below —192 dBm for a l-Hz bandwidth.

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Volume
42-100
Published
February 15, 1990
Pages
234–247
File Size
598.4 KB