National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN
DSN Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
DSN Automatic Test Equipment Subsystem
C. M. Smith
NASA Code 311-03-42-95
DSN Telemetry System - Network Control Telemetry Subsystem
E. C. Gatz and R. R. Wynn
NASA Code 311-03-42-94
DSN Wideband Data Subsystem
C. K. Stein
NASA Code 311-03-42-94
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Mariner 10 Mission Support
E. K. Davis
NASA Code 311-03-21-60
Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin
NASA Code 311-03-21-50
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
DSN-MVM'73 S/X Dual-Frequency Doppler Demonstration
During Superior Conjunction
K. W. Yip, F. B. Winn, and S. J. Reinbold
NASA Code 310-10-60-52
Non-ionizing Radiation Hazards With the High-Power X-Band
Transmitter
R. B. Kolbly
NASA Code 310-10-64-01
Noisy Reference Effects on Multiple-Antenna Reception
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-10-61-01
Communications - Spacecraft/Ground
Low Noise Receivers: Microwave Maser Development
R. C. Clauss
NASA Code 310-20-66-01
S/X Band Experiment: A Study of the Effects of Multipath on
Two-Way Range
T. Y. Otoshi
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
Maximum Likelihood vs Threshold Frame Synchronization
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
Further Applications of the Atmospheric Fading Model to
Sequential Decoding Performance
B. K. Levitt
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
A Multiple-Rate Command System
R. F. Emerson
NASA Code 310-20-67-09
Golay-Viterbi Decoding: Results of the MVM'73 X-Band
Telemetry Experiment
L. D. Baumert and R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
A Signal Combiner for Antenna Arraying
H. Wilck
NASA Code 310-20-67-09
Station Control and Operations Technology
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson and A. L. Price
NASA Code 310-30-69-02
Hybrid Integrated Circuit Development
C. F. Foster
NASA Code 310-30-68-10
Automated Pulsar Data Collector
S. S. Brokl
NASA Code 310-30-68-06
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Ground Communications
Automatic Total Recall Program for Replay of DSN 7-Track DODRs
F. M. Hlavaty
NASA Code 311-03-42-53
OPERATIONS
Network Operations
A New Radio Frequency Angular Tropospheric Refraction Model
A. L. Berman and S. T. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
A New Approach to the Evaluation and Prediction of Wet
Tropospheric Zenith Range Refraction
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-13-20
Doppler Phase-Noise Measurement Using Mean-Sweep Techniques
R. C. Bunce
NASA Code 311-03-14-52
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.