National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Note From the Editor
The Media Calibration System for Cassini Radio Science: Part II
G. M. Resch, J. E. Clark, S. J. Keihm, G. E. Lanyi, C. J. Naudet,
A. L. Riley, H. W. Rosenberger, and A. B. Tanner
Calibrating Surface Weather Observations to Atmospheric Attenuation Measurements
B. Sanii
A Reduced-Complexity, Highly Power-/Bandwidth-Efficient Coded Feher-Patented Quadrature-Phase-Shift-Keying System with Iterative Decoding
M. K. Simon and D. Divsalar
Further Results on Bandwidth-Efficient Trellis-Coded Modulation with
Prescribed Decoding Delay
M. K. Simon, S. Darden, and M. Fong
Measured Sun Noise Temperatures at 32 Gigahertz
T. Y. Otoshi
Development of a 7.2-, 8.4-, and 32-Gigahertz (X-/X-/Ka-Band) Three-Frequency Feed for the Deep Space Network
P. H. Stanton, D. J. Hoppe, and H. Reilly
The Sensitivity of Main-Reflector-Distortion Compensation to Deformable-Mirror Position
D. J. Hoppe
Open- and Closed-Loop Analysis of the 70-Meter Antenna Subreflector Positioner
F. Baher
Determination of 70-Meter Antenna Elevation-Axis Inertia
J. Sommerville
Noise-Temperature Measurements of Deep Space Network Dichroic Plates at 8.4 Gigahertz
M. J. Britcliffe and J. E. Fernandez
The Effects of Water on the Noise-Temperature Contribution of Deep Space Network Microwave Feed Components
M. J. Britcliffe and R. C. Clauss
Main-Reflector Manufacturing Technology for the Deep Space Optical Communications Ground Station
M. J. Britcliffe and D. J. Hoppe
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