EEVblog 1547 (Part 3) - Tour of the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex

Part 3. Tour of the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex at Tidbinbilla, with Richard Stephenson   / nascom1   Part 2:    • EEVblog 1547 (Part 2) - PINGing the Voyage...   Part 1:    • EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voy...   Links: GaN solid state amplifier: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/2... Deep Space Network information https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monogra... https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monogra... https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monogra... Air exclusion zone: https://www.avsef.gov.au/sites/defaul... Maser amplifier: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/1... X band uplink: https://ipnpr.jpl.nasa.gov/progress_r... 34M Beam Waveguide antenna: https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monogra... https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monogra... Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/ee... 00:00 - Tour of the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex at Tidbinbilla 04:00 - Does the wind add any jitter? 04:29 - The new 34m Beam Waveguide Antennas 06:10 - The 400kW Klystron! 08:33 - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter tracking 10:34 - Upgrading Low Noise Amplifiers from Maser to MEMT 11:39 - LNA downconverters to 300MHz IF 12:14 - 1.1MW generator! 13:11 - How is this different to Parkes? 15:07 - Doppler shift 17:05 - Hydrogen Maser 18:00 - Why in a valley? 19:08 - Why worry about external RF? 20:09 - Transmit Mask 21:01 - The bearings 21:50 - Birds 22:29 - End of an Era for 70m dishes? 25:04 - Still the only game in town 26:15 - The original moon walk dish If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon:   / eevblog   Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com Other channels: EEVblog2:    / eevblog2   EEVdiscover:    / eevdiscover   T-Shirts: http://teespring.com/stores/eevblog #Space #NASA #DeepSpace