The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-62

January and February 1981

N. A. Renzetti
Editor


April 15, 1981

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


Contents

Preface

RADIO ASTRONOMY

Radio Astronomy
R. D. Shaffer, P. R. Wolken, and A. E. Niell
NASA Code 311-03-21-90

RADIO INTERFEROMETRY AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES

GEODETIC TECHNIQUES DEVELOPMENT

ORION

A Frequency and Timing Subsystem for the ORION Mobile Unit
P. A. Clements
NASA Code 692-40-20-00

ORION-Microwave Water Vapor Radiometer Subsystem Design
R. P. McKinney and N. I. Yamane
NASA Code 692-40-20-00

THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation

Posterior Error Probability in the Mu-II Sequential Ranging System
C. W. Coyle
NASA Code 310-10-60-10

Frequency Standard Test Facility Data Acquisition and Processing System
L. J. Knapp
NASA Code 310-10-62-18

A Four-Way Distribution Amplifier for Reference Signal Distribution
Y. V. Lo
NASA Code 310-10-62-23

Station Stability Measurement
E. N. Sosa
NASA Code 310-10-62-25

Communications

High Speed Front End of the Multimegabit Telemetry Demodulator-Detector
E. R. Wechsler
NASA Code 310-20-67-22

ISPM X-Band Uplink Technology Demonstration. Part I. Overview
T. A. Komarek, J. G. Meeker, and R. B. Miller
NASA Code 310-20-64-50

End-to-End Quality Measure for Transmission of Compressed Imagery Over a Noisy Coded Channel
V. N. Korwar and P. J. Lee
NASA Code 310-20-67-57

Calculation of Atmospheric Loss From Microwave Radiometric Noise Temperature Measurements
C. Stelzried and S. Slobin
NASA Code 310-20-65-15

Maximizing Throughput Over an Average-Power-Limited and Band-Limited Optical Pulse Position Modulation Channel
D. Zwillinger
NASA Code 310-20-67-59

Optimum Design of Hybrid Phase Locked Loops
P. Lee and T. Yan
NASA Code 310-20-67-13

Network Data Processing and Productivity

The Reliability of Multistate, Multioutput Systems
E. J. Subelman
NASA Code 310-40-73-06

New Results on Antenna Arraying: Part 1
L. J. Deutsch, R. L. Miller, and S. A. Butman
NASA Code 310-40-74-51

NETWORK AND FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Network

34-Meter Antenna-Subreflector Translations to Maximize RF Gain
M. S. Katow
NASA Code 311-03-41-02

A Decoding Failure Test for the Transform Decoder of Reed-Solomon Codes
R. L. Miller, T. K. Truong, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 311-03-43-20

Ground Communications

Radio Frequency Interference Protection of Communlcatlons Between the Deep Space Network and Deep Space Flight Projects
D. W. H. Johnston
NASA Code 311-06-50-00

OPERATIONS

Network Operations

DSN Scheduling System
R. Durham
NASA Code 311-03-13-50

ENERGY

Computer-Simulated Building Energy Consumption for Verification of Energy Conservation Measures in Network Facilities
B. Plankey
NASA Code 311-03-41-08

Reporting Capabilities and Management of the DSN Energy Data Base
R. D. Hughes and S. T. Boyd
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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