Citation
Abstract
The activities of the Development Support Group, including the Microwave Test Facility, during the two-month period ending April 15, 1972 are summarized. Activities include operational clock synchronization, precision antenna gain measurement, weak source observation, pulsar observation, tricone support structure testing, and planetary radar preparation and execution. Activities at the Microwave Test Facility include special klystron testing and tuning for the Manned Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network, special part fabrication for the tricone support structure, and design and fabrication of the flow panel and crowbar subassemblies for the clock synchronization transmitting system. Significant maintenance items include replacement of the azimuth drive gear reducer on the 26-m-diameter antenna and modification of the power distribution system associated with the 100-kW clock synchronization transmitter.
Details
- Volume
- IX
- Published
- June 15, 1972
- Pages
- 147–151
- File Size
- 463.6 KB