The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-74

April-June 1983

E. C. Posner
Editor


August 15, 1983

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

OSTDS TASKS
DSN Advanced Systems
TRACKING AND GROUND-BASED NAVIGATION

Deep Space Navigation With Noncoherent Tracking Data
J. Ellis
NASA Code 310-10-65-50-00

COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND

Symbol Stream Combining Versus Baseband Combining for Telemetry Arraying
D. Divsalar
NASA Code 310-20-67-60-00

Thermal Analysis of Antenna Structures. Part II - Panel Temperature Distribution
D. Schonfeld and F. L. Lansing
NASA Code 310-20-65-04-10

New Syndrome Decoding Techniques for the (n,k) Convolutional Codes
I. S. Reed and T. K. Truong
NASA Code 310-20-67-64-00

DSN Systems Implementation
CAPABILITIES FOR NEW PROJECTS

Phase Calibration for the Block I VLBI System
M. G. Roth and T. F. Runge
NASA Code 311-03-51-35-41

NETWORKS CONSOLIDATION PROJECT

Antenna Microwave Subsystem Controller
A. Freiley
NASA Code 311-03-54-81-10

NETWORK SUSTAINING

Thermal Analysis of the X-Band 34-Meter Antenna Feedcone
R. D. Hughes
NASA Code 311-03-44-14-19

NASTRAN Structural Model for the Large 64-Meter Antenna Pedestal, Part I
C. T. Chian, M. S. Katow, and H. McGinness
NASA Code 311-03-48-00-07

DSN Operations
NETWORK OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT

Syntax Editing for Mark IV-A System Performance Test Software
G. N. Jacobson
NASA Code 311-03-13-24-01

MISSION INTERFACE AND SUPPORT

Radio Astronomy
P. R. Wolken and R. D. Shaffer
NASA Code 311-03-21-00-08

Planetary Radar
J. R. Bogan, R. D. Shaffer, R. M. Goldstein, and R. F. Jurgens
NASA Code 311-03-21-00-09

TDA PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS

Interagency Array Study Report
J. W. Layland, A. M. Ruskin, D. A. Bathker, R. C. Rydgig, D. W. Brown, B. D. Madsen, R. C. Clauss, G. S. Levy, S. J. Kerridge, M. J. Klein, C. E. Kohlhase, J. I. Molinder, R. D. Shaffer, and M. R. Traxler
NASA Code 311-03-31-30-11

OSSA TASKS
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

SETI Pulse Detection Algorithm: Analysis of False-Alarm Rates
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 199-50-62-08-01

Gain Stability Measurements at S-Band and X-Band
S. Gulkis and E. T. Olsen
NASA Code 199-50-62-08-01

The SETI Interpreter Program (SIP) - A Software Package for the SETI Field Tests
E. T. Olsen and A. Lokshin
NASA Code 199-50-62-08-01

Geodynamics
GEODYNAMIC SCIENCE

A Southern Hemisphere VLBI Survey on a 275-km Baseline
D. D. Morabito, R. A. Preston, J. Faulkner, A. E. Wehrle, D. L. Jauncey, M. J. Batty, R. F. Haynes, and A. E. Wright
NASA Code 692-40-01-01-02

Two-Dimensional Finite Element Modeling for Modeling Tectonic Stress and Strain
G. A. Lyzenga and A. Raefsky
NASA Code 676-30-11-82-01


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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