Citation
Abstract
An S-Band traveling-wave maser with a 2260- to 2400-MHz tuning capability has been built and installed on the 26-m antenna at the Venus Station of the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex. The Traveling-Wave Maser/Closed Cycle Refrigerator package was assembled within a limited time schedule and at low cost to meet the requirements of the Verv Long Baseline interferometry Validation Task. The maser uses a superconducting magnet with a field staggering coil for gain/bandwidth adjustment, The maser pump source is a Gunn effect oscillator with the capability of continuous tuning throughout the entire maser tuning range. The package was assembled from surplus components that have been used previously in the Deep Space Network ina variety of applications since 1967.
Details
- Volume
- 42-37
- Published
- February 15, 1977
- Pages
- 78–82
- File Size
- 364.3 KB