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58 -- TELEMETRY PROCESSOR SOL NRMGJ-700204DT POC Doris Turner, Purchasing Agent, (303) 497-3872 or FAX (303) 497-3163 E-MAIL: NOAA; MASC Acquisition Management, Doris.P.Turner@noaa.gov. The Environmental Resources Lab (ERL) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) requires a decoder system to accept the output from the demodulator of a satellite telemetry receiver system that conforms to the formats specified in the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) standard and provide optimally decoded data in frame blocked form to a host computer via an IEEE 488 bus interface. The decoder shall: 1) Accept input rates from 100 to 250,000 symbols per second in BiPhase-L, M and S, and NRZ-L, M and S codes. 2) Provide optimal matched filtering and bit synchronization to within 1 dB of theoretical performance. 3) Provide selectable Viterbie convolution decoding using 1 bit hard or 3 bit soft decision input, selectable derandomization and alternate symbol inversion, selectable Reed Soloman decoding, Frame synchronization with normal and inverted data and CRC checksum verification, all per CCSDS recommendations Blue Book 101.0-B-3. 4) Provide a computer interface suitable for setting and reading all configuration parameters and reading the operational status of all internal subsystems. 5) Provide buffered frame blocked data output via a standard IEEE 488 bus interface. Interested sources proposing to supply an equivalent unit must submit pricing with a written qualification statement clearly establishing capability to meet the above requirements within 15 days from the date of this synopsis. The qualifications statements will be used to determine the need for competitive bids. In the absence of other qualified sources, it is the intent of the Government to award a sole source contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) to Aydin Telemetry, P.O. Box 328, Newtown, PA 18940-0328 as this source is considered to be the only responsible source and no other equipment will satisfy agency requirements. Responses are due by August 28, 1997 either via fax or mail. No RFQ package is available. (0227)

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