The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-91

July-September 1987

E. C. Posner
Editor


November 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

A Demonstration of High Precision GPS Orbit Determination for Geodetic Applications
S. M. Lichten and J. S. Border
NASA Code 310-10-61-84-04

Robust Statistical Methods for Automated Outlier Detection
J. R. Jee
NASA Code 310-10-63-53-00

Precise Near-Earth Navigation With GPS: A Survey of Techniques
T. P. Yunck, S. C. Wu, and J. Wu
NASA Code 310-10-61-84-02

Short Baseline Phase Delay lnterferometry
C. D. Edwards
NASA Code 310-10-60-87-02

Non-Linearity in Measurement Systems: Evaluation Method and Application to Microwave Radiometers
C. T. Stelzried
NASA Code 310-10-60-87-04

Atomic Frequency Standards for Ultra-High-Frequency Stability
L. Maleki, J. D. Prestage, and G. J. Dick
NASA Code 310-10-62-15-00

Measurement and Analysis of Cryogenic Sapphire Dielectric Resonators and DROs
G. J. Dick
NASA Code 310-10-62-34-00

COMMUNICATIONS, SPACECRAFT-GROUND

Inductance Effects in the High-Power Transmitter Crowbar System
J. Daeges and A. Bhanji
NASA Code 310-20-64-15-00

Low-Noise Cryogenic Transmission Line
D. Norris
NASA Code 310-20-60-09-00

A 2.3-GHz Cryogenically Cooled HEMT Amplifier for DSS 13
L. Tanida
NASA Code 310-20-66-09-00

A Cold Ejector for Closed-Cycle Helium Refrigerators
D. L. Johnson and D. L. Daggett
NASA Code 310-20-66-53-00

Frequency Doubling Conversion Efficiencies for Deep Space Optical Communications
D. L. Robinson and R. L. Shelton
NASA Code 310-20-67-63-00

The Atmosphere of Mars and Optical Communications
J. Annis
NASA Code 310-20-67-59-00

A Near-Earth Optical Communications Terminal With a Corevolving Planetary Sun Shield
E. L. Kerr
NASA Code 310-20-67-59-00

STATION CONTROL AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

Optimized Tracking of RF Carriers With Phase Noise, Including Pioneer 10 Results
V. A. Vilnrotter, W. J. Hurd, and D. H. Brown
NASA Code 310-30-70-84-02

Detection of Signals by the Digital Integrate-and-Dump Filter With Offset Sampling
R. Sadr and W. J. Hurd
NASA Code 310-30-70-84-02

Detection of Signals by Weighted Integrate-and-Dump Filter
R. Sadr
NASA Code 310-30-70-84-02

The Design Plan of a VLSI Single Chip (255,223) Reed-Solomon Decoder
I. S. Hsu, H. M. Shao, and L. J. Deutsch
NASA Code 310-30-70-84-08

A Simplified Procedure for Correcting Both Errors and Erasures of a Reed-Solomon Code Using the Euclidean Algorithm
T. K. Truong, I. S. Hsu, W. L. Eastman, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 310-30-71-87-02

More on the Decoder Error Probability for Reed-Solomon Codes
K.-M. Cheung
NASA Code 310-30-71-83-02

On the VLSI Design of a Pipeline Reed-Solomon Decoder Using Systolic Arrays
H. M. Shao, L. J. Deutsch, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 310-30-70-84-08

NETWORK DATA PROCESSING AND PRODUCTIVITY

A Procedural Method for the Efficient Implementation of Full-Custom VLSI Designs
P. Belk and N. Hickey
NASA Code 310-40-72-55-00

DSN Systems Implementation
CAPABILITIES FOR NEW PROJECTS

A New State Space Model for the NASA/JPL 70-Meter Antenna Servo Controls
R. E. Hill
NASA Code 314-30-56-04-19

X-Band Uplink Ground Systems Development: Part II
C. E. Johns
NASA Code 314-30-57-23-32

Analysis of the ICE Combiner for Multiple Antenna Arraying
C. Foster and M. Marina
NASA Code 314-40-50-28-22

The 8.4-GHz Low-Noise Maser Pump Source Assembly
R. Cardenas
NASA Code 314-40-50-58-08

A Modern Control Theory Based Algorithm for Control of the NASA/JPL 70-Meter Antenna Axis Servos
R. E. HiII
NASA Code 314-30-56-04-19

Fast Autotuning of a Hydrogen Maser by Cavity Q Modulation
G. J. Dick and T. K. Tucker
NASA Code 314-30-51-38-66

NETWORK UPGRADE AND SUSTAINING

Traveling-Wave Maser Closed-Cycle Refrigerator Data Acquisition and Display System
L. Fowler and M. Britcliffe
NASA Code 314-30-42-01-34

Two-Watt, 4-Kelvin Closed Cycle Refrigerator Performance
M. Britcliffe
NASA Code 314-40-42-01-34

Tau Ranging Revisited
R. C. Tausworthe
NASA Code 314-40-32-10-11

OSSA TASKS
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Power Density Measurements in the Near Field of the DSS 13 26-Meter Antenna
E. B. Jackson and M. J. Klein
NASA Code 199-50-62-12-02


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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