National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Note From the Editor
A Simple Tight Bound on Error Probability of Block Codes with Application to Turbo Codes
D. Divsalar
Quantization Considerations for Distortion-Controlled Data Compression
M. Klimesh
A Joint Receiver-Decoder for Convolutionally Coded Binary Phase-Shift Keying (BPSK)
J. Hamkins
Carrier Synchronization for Low Signal-to-Noise Ratio Binary Phase-Shift-Keyed Modulated Signals
V. Vilnrotter, A. Gray, and C. Lee
Demonstration and Evaluation of the Ka-Band Array Feed Compensation System on the 70-Meter Antenna at DSS 14
V. Vilnrotter and D. Fort
Data Analysis and Results of the Ka-Band Array Feed Compensation System-Deformable Flat Plate Experiment at DSS 14
P. Richter, M. Franco, and D. Rochblatt
Optimization of a Deep-Space Ka-Band Link Using Atmospheric-Noise-Temperature Statistics
S. Shambayati
Azimuth-Track-Level Compensation to Reduce Blind-Pointing Errors of the Beam-Waveguide Antennas
W. Gawronski, F. Baher, and O. Quintero
Modifications of the Torque-Bias Profile for Improved Tracking of Beam-Waveguide Antennas
W. Gawronski, J. J. Brandt, H. G. Ahlstrom, Jr., and E. Maneri
Measurements of Complex Dielectric Constants of Paints and Primers for DSN Antennas: Part II
T. Y. Otoshi, R. Cirillo, Jr., and J. Sosnowski
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