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58 -- MONITOR RECEIVER FOR KU-BAND COMMUNICATIONS TEST SET SOL USK360 DUE 112398 POC David Carden, USK-360, Phone (407) 861-6283, Fax (407) 861-6221, Email cardenjd@usano.ksc.nasa.gov -- David Carden, USK-360, Phone (407) 861-6283, Fax (407) 861-6221, Email cardenjd@usano.ksc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/KSC/date.html#USK360. E-MAIL: David Carden, cardenjd@usano.ksc.nasa.gov. United Space Alliance, LLC (USA), a NASA prime contractor at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), FL, seeks sources capable of providing a monitor receiver which is a component of the Ku-Band Communications Test Set used to perform system level testing of the Space Shuttle onboard Ku-Band Communications System. The monitor receiver shall acquire and track a modulated S-band carrier downconverted from a Ku-Band frequency. The monitor receiver shall be capable of demodulating three different modulation techniques: Phase Modulation (PM), Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK), and Pseudo Noise (PN) Spread Spectrum. It shall be capable of providing the demodulated data as well as Automatic Gain Control (AGC) and Static Phase Error (SPE) information to external systems. The monitor receiver shall be capable of manual operation from the front panel as well as remote operation controlled via a GP-IB bus. It shall be housed in a standard nineteen inch EIA rack and shall be capable of being serviced for an operational life often years. The formal solicitation will contain further details. A total of three monitors is visualized, subject to the availability of funds. This synopsis is for the sole purpose of identifying prospective sources and does not commit USA to make an award, nor to reimburse costs of submitting data. Indications of interest should be forwarded to reach USA no later than 11/23/98 and should contain data of company capabilities, experience in this and/or related fields, and such other data as may indicate a bona fide capability to satisfy the requirements set forth above. Address United Space Alliance, LLC, 8550 Astronaut Blvd., Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-4304, Attn: Dave Carden, Mail Code USK-360. Questions may be forwarded via FAX at (407) 861-6221.***** Posted 11/13/98 (D-SN271180). (0317)

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