The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-90

April-June 1987

E. C. Posner
Editor


August 15, 1987

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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

Power Supply Conditioning Circuit
L. E. Primas and R. Loveland
NASA Code 310-10-62-16-00

A High-Performance Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Isolator Assembly
G. Lutes
NASA Code 310-10-62-16-00

COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND

Calculated 70-Meter Antenna Performance for Offset L-Band and C-Band Feeds
D. Hoppe and P. Stanton
NASA Code 310-20-64-80-02

Sorption Compressor/Mechanical Expander Hybrid Refrigeration
J. A. Jones and M. Britcliffe
NASA Code 310-20-66-53-00

Reduction of Ground Noise in the Transmitter Crowbar Instrumentation System by the Use of Baluns and Other Noise Rejection Methods
J. Daeges and A. Bhanji
NASA Code 310-20-64-15-00

STATION CONTROL AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

Image Statistics Decoding for Convolutional Codes
G. H. Pitt, III, L. Swanson, and J. H. Yuen
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-04

Constructions for Finite-State Codes
F. Pollara, R. J. McEliece, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

Systolic Arrays and Stack Decoding
M. Shahshahani
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

Survey of Current Correlators and Applications
C. R. Lahmeyer and S. S. Brokl
NASA Code 310-30-70-87-02

A Comparison of VLSI Architecture of Finite Field Multipliers Using Dual, Normal or Standard Basis
I. S. Hsu, T. K. Truong, H. M. Shao, L. J. Deutsch, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 310-30-70-84-08

Soft-Decision Decoding of Some Block Codes
F. Pollara
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

DSN Systems Implementation
CAPABILITIES FOR NEW PROJECTS

Compound-Taper Feedhorn for the DSN 70-Meter Antennas
F. Manshadi and R. Hartop
NASA Code 314-30-56-44-18

X-Band Phase Calibration Generator Coupler
P. H. Stanton
NASA Code 314-30-50-57-27

State Transition Storyboards: A Tool for Designing the Goldstone Solar System Radar Data Acquisition System User Interface Software
S. D. Howard
NASA Code 314-40-53-31-01

DSS 63 64-Meter Antenna S- and X-Band Efficiency and System Noise Temperature Calibrations, July 1986
S. D. Slobin
NASA Code 314-40-56-04-14

DSS 43 64-Meter Antenna S- and X-Band Efficiency and System Noise Temperature Calibrations, January 1987
S. D. Slobin
NASA Code 314-40-56-04-14

DSS 43 Antenna Gain Analysis for Voyager Uranus Encounter: 8.45-GHz Radio Science Data Correction
S. D. Slobin and W. A. Imbriale
NASA Code 314-40-56-04-14

NETWORK UPGRADE AND SUSTAINING

A New Linear Quadratic Optimal Controller for the 34-Meter High Efficiency Antenna Position Loop
J. A. Nickerson
NASA Code 314-40-41-82-09

A Method for Using a Time Interval Counter to Measure Frequency Stability
C. A. Greenhall
NASA Code 314-40-41-82-07

Referees


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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