The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-57

March and April 1980


June 15, 1980

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


Contents

Preface

SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Telecommunications Technology
R. E. Edelson and G. S. Levy
NASA Code 192-55-63-65

The SETI Observational Plan
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 192-55-63-65

RADIO INTERFEROMETRY AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES

GEODETIC TECHNIQUES DEVELOPMENT

ORION

Error Estimation for ORION Baseline Vector Determination
S. C. Wu
NASA Code 692-40-20-01

THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK

DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN

Network Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti

DSN Command System Mark III-80
H. C. Thorman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

PLANETARY AND INTERPLANETARY MISSION SUPPORT

Planetary Flight Projects

Pioneer Venus Multiprobe Entry Telemetry Recovery
R. B. Miller and R. Ramos
NASA Code 311-03-22-60

Voyager Mission Support
N. Fanelli and H. Nance
NASA Code 311-03-22-20

Interplanetary Flight Projects

International Solar Polar Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-22-80

Viking Orbiter Completion Mission and Viking Lander Monitor Mission
R. L. Gillette
NASA Code 311-03-22-70

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

Communications

A Theoretical Model of Phase Changes of a Klystron Due to Variation of Operating Parameters
A. Kupiszewski
NASA Code 310-20-64-10

64-Meter Antenna Operation at KA-Band
P. D. Potter
NASA Code 310-20-66-17

Station Control and System Technology

High-Power Transmitter Automation
R. Gosline
NASA Code 310-30-68-13

RFI Receiver
R. Lay
NASA Code 310-30-69-12

On the Application of a Fast Polynomial Transform and the Chinese Remainder Theorem to Compute a Two-Dimensional Convolution
T. K. Truong, R. Lipes, I. S. Reed and C. Wu
NASA Code 310-30-70-17

Network Data Processing and Productivity

Deep Space Station (DSS 13) Automation Demonstration
D. S. Remer and G. Lorden
NASA Code 310-40-73-05

NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Network

Synchronization of Reed-Solomon Codes
R. L. Miller and B. B. Newman
NASA Code 311-03-43-20

Deep Space Stations

Stress Distribution in a Semi-Infinite Body Symmetrically Loaded Over a Circular Area
H. McGinness
NASA Code 311-03-41-14

Quality Assurance

Optimal Periodic Binary Codes of Lengths 28 to 64
S. Tyler and R. Keston
NASA Code 311-03-44-30

OPERATIONS

Deep Space Stations

Utilization of the Venus Station (DSS 13) 26-Meter Antenna During CY 1979
E. B. Jackson
NASA Code 311-03-11-16

SPACECRAFT RADIO SCIENCE

Data Acquisition for Measuring the Wind on Venus from Pioneer Venus
J. R. Smith and R. Ramos
NASA Code 311-03-43-10

PLANETARY RADAR

Planetary Radar
R. M. Taylor and G. S. Downs
NASA Code 310-30-70-50

ENERGY

A Survey of Numerical Models for Wind Prediction
D. Schonfeld
NASA Code 311-03-41-08


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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