Project Echo - Standby Receiver System

Abstract

The Echo I satellite receiving system at the Bell Telephone Laboratories facilities at Holmdel, New Jersey, required a 2390-Mc standby receiver system to maintain operation during possible failures of the primary maser receiver. Details of the two matched parametric amplifiers used to provide the standby receiver are described. The use of this system in the initial Moonbounce experiments and in Project Echo is described. Details of an emergency operation at the beginning of a balloon pass are also presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0268141

Entities

People

  • L. U. Kibler

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Bandwidth
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Converters
  • Elements
  • Frequency
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Klystrons
  • Local Oscillators
  • Parametric Amplifiers
  • Power Supplies
  • Signal Generators
  • Test Equipment
  • Transducers
  • Transmitters
  • Varactor Diodes
  • X Band

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites