Field test results with the targeted search MCSAIn April 1985, a 74,000 channel prototype of the multichannel spectrum analyzer (MCSA) that NASA plans to use in a systematic search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) was installed at DSS13, a 26 meter R&D antenna facility at the Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN) site. Since that time the instrumentation has been used to validate the performance of signal detection algorithms using locally injected signals and the weak carriers from distant spacecraft. This paper describes results from the Goldstone Field Tests and plans to move the prototype equipment to other sites where SETI may be conducted in the future.
Document ID
19880068007
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Tarter, J. C. (NASA Ames Research Center; SETI Institute Moffett Field, CA, United States)