Development and testing of a 20-kW X-band transmitter with high phase stability
Abstract
A new 20-kW X-band transmitter was built and installed on the antenna at DSS 13. A description of the hardware and operation are presented. This transmitter is the prototype for the new X-band uplink to be added to the DSN to support Galileo and future missions.
- Publication:
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The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report
- Pub Date:
- November 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984tdar.nasa...47C
- Keywords:
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- Deep Space Network;
- Radio Transmitters;
- Stability;
- Superhigh Frequencies;
- Controllers;
- Heat Exchangers;
- Microprocessors;
- Performance Tests;
- Signal Processing;
- Transmission Efficiency;
- Uplinking;
- Communications and Radar