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| Title: | Local oscillator distribution using a geostationary satellite |
| Authors: | Bardin, Joseph
Weinreb, Sander
Bagri, Durga |
| Keywords: | Two Way Time Transfer (TWTT)
Local Oscillator (LO)
distribution
hydrogen maser |
| Issue Date: | 18-Jul-2004 |
| Publisher: | Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004 |
| Citation: | International Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Conference, Pecticton, British Colombia, July 18-22, 2004. |
| Abstract: | A satellite communication system suitable for distribution of local oscillator reference signals for a widely spaced microwave array has been developed and tested experimentally. The system uses a round-trip correction method of the satellite This experiment was carried out using Telstar-5, a commercial Ku-band geostationary satellite. For this initial experiment, both earth stations were located at the same site to facilitate direct comparison of the received signals. The local oscillator reference frequency was chosen to be 300MHz and was sent as the difference between two Ku-band tones. The residual error after applying the round trip correction has been measured to be better than 3psec for integration times ranging from 1 to 2000 seconds. For integration times greater then 500 seconds, the system outperforms a pair of hydrogen masers with the limitation believed to be ground-based equipment phase stability. The idea of distributing local oscillators using a geostationary satellite is not new; several researchers experimented with this technique in the eighties, but the achieved accuracy was 3 to 100 times worse than the present results. Since substantially and the performance of various components has improved. An important factor is the leasing of small amounts of satellite communication bandwidth. We lease three 100kHz bands at approximately one hundredth the cost of a full 36 MHz transponder. Further tests of the system using terminal separated by large distances and comparison tests with two hydrogen masers and radio interferometry is needed. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/38842 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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