Citation
Abstract
The Deep Space Network utilizes its DSS-13 station, located at Goldstone, California, for the research and development of systems deployed within the network. Its unique beam-waveguide architecture allows all receive and transmit electronics to be located within the antenna's pedestal room, greatly easing the installation and evaluation of new hardware. One of the existing receiver electronics packages at DSS-13 is a Ka-band system, originally commissioned for measurements of the cosmic microwave background. This receiver had a system noise temperature of approximately 40 K, which was higher than expected and limited its usefulness to the radio science community. In this article, we report on a number of improvements to the receiver, which have resulted in a 10 K reduction in its system noise temperature and a 2 GHz broadening of its bandwidth.
Details
- Volume
- 42-195
- Published
- November 15, 2013
- Pages
- 1–16
- File Size
- 3.0 MB