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58 -- SATELLITE COMMUNICATION GROUND TERMINALS SOL RFQ98C-22 POC Katherine M. Phillips, Contracting Officer, (202) 707-0400 WEB: The Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov. E-MAIL: The Library of Congress, mday@loc.gov. The Library of Congress Law Library has a requirement for two small Ku-band ground terminals for experimental and/or operational use with US domsats. Terminal parameters are: Antenna aperture 2-3m, X-pol, ridged, non-penetrating mount; Receiver G/T>24 dB/K, xmit EIRP 51-58 dBW; Freq. stability +/-0.02ppm 0 to 50 degrees C, +/-0.1ppm per year; SCPC/FDMA operating in multi-carrier domsat environment; IF 70 MHz interface to bandwidth selectible QPSK, BPSK modem from 9.6 kp/s to 8.4 Mb/s; User interfaces RS-232, RS 449, V35, G.703; and Cable, connectors, including one 100 coaxial cable with N type conductor. Delivery, installation, and maintenance to be separately priced. The equipment is planned for use by the Law Library of Congress GLIN (Global Legal Information Network) project and is to be installed at a NASA facility within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The Law Library and NASA are working cooperatively on the GLIN project and NASA will play a major role in engineering, configuration, and testing. Firms wishing to receive the RFQ may respond by mail or by FAX to (202) 707-8611 BEFORE July 13,1 998. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS. Posted 06/25/98 (0176)

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