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
MISSION SUPPORT
Planetary Flight Projects
Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973 Mission Support
E. K. Davis
NASA Code 311-03-21-60
Viking Mission Support
D. J. Mudgway
NASA Code 311-03-21-70
Pioneer 10 and 11 Mission Support
R. B. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-21-20
SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
X-Band Waveguide Step Transitions
H. R. Buchanan
NASA Code 310-10-64-03
High-Power Microwave Transmitter Switch
C. P. Wiggins, H. R. Buchanan, and R. L. Leu
NASA Code 310-10-64-01
Efficient Antenna Systems: DSS 14 64-Meter-Diameter Antenna Polarization Properties
P. D. Potter
NASA Code 310-10-61-04
Demonstration of Intercontinental DSN Clock Synchronization by VLBI
W. J. Hurd
NASA Code 310-10-61-01
Digital DC Offset Compensation of Analog-to-Digital Converters
S. S. Brokl and W. J. Hurd
NASA Code 310-10-61-01
A System Analysis of Error Sources in the Technique Used for Ionospheric Calibration of Deep Space Probe Radio Metric Data
K. W. Yip and B. D. Mulhall
NASA Code 310-10-60-52
Communications, Spacecraft/Ground
S/X Experiment: Preliminary Tests of the Zero Delay Device
T. Y. Otoshi and P. D. Batelaan
NASA Code 310-20-66-06
Computation of RF Boresight Direction From Reflector Distortions
M. S. Katow and M. Mori
NASA Code 310-20-65-01
A Note on Noisy Reference Detection
J. W. Layland
NASA Code 310-20-67-08
64-Meter-Diameter Antenna Hydrostatic Bearing Runner Joint Leak Tests
G. P. Gale and H. P. Phillips
NASA Code 310-20-65-01
64-Meter-Diameter Antenna With New Braces: Installation Description and Computed Performance for Gravity Loads
V. B. Lobb and M. S. Katow
NASA Code 310-20-65-01
Station Control and Operations Technology
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
NASA Code 310-30-69-02
Precise Measurement of Spacecraft Signal Power
J. W. Newton
NASA Code 310-30-68-03
Dual-Carrier Intermodulation Caused by a Zero-Memory Nonlinearity
C. A. Greenhall
NASA Code 310-30-69-01
NETWORK ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network Control System
Network Control System Development
J. N. Edwards
NASA Code 311-03-32-40
Deep Space Stations
A New Dual Ignitron High-Voltage Crowbar
E. J. Finnegan
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
X-Band Traveling Wave Maser Amplifier
D. L. Trowbridge
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
X-Band Antenna Feed Cone Assembly
R. W. Hartop
NASA Code 311-03-42-48
X-Band Traveling Wave Resonator
R. B. Kolbly
NASA Code 311-03-14-61
OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES
Deep Space Stations
A Re-Examination of Subcarrier Demodulator Performance
J. R. Lesh
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.