PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM STANDARD_DATA_PRODUCT_ID = HEA DATA_SET_ID = "MEX-M-MRS-1/2/3-EXT1-0917-V1.0" PRODUCT_ID = "M00SUE0L1A_HEA_060971808_00.TXT" PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 2009-05-08T12:07:01.000 PRODUCER_ID = "SUE" INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = "MEX" OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2006-04-17 NOTE = "DSN MEX Data Collection" END_OBJECT = TEXT END Miscellaneous ============= This is the first report since HEA6106A.TXT. Open Loop Data ============== Data Collection --------------- We have completed quick-look processing on the following 100 kHz MEX DSN RSR open loop bistatic radar data at Stanford: DOY DSS RSR BAND RSR CH KSPS BT REC RECS RSR MAX START STOP ID RS LEN FILE NAME SNR --- --- -------- -------- ---- --- -- ---- -- ----- ----- ------------ ----- 097 63 18:51:00 19:06:00 -/XR 4 4 100 16 20260 18001 6097185A.RSR 13.1 097 63 18:51:00 19:06:00 -/SR 3 4 100 16 20260 18001 6097185B.RSR 9.0 097 63 18:51:00 19:06:00 -/XL 2 4 100 16 20260 18001 6097185C.RSR 19.1 097 63 18:51:00 19:06:00 -/SL 1 4 100 16 20260 18001 6097185D.RSR 9.1 097 63 19:06:00 19:21:00 -/XR 4 4 100 16 20260 18001 6097190A.RSR 12.6 097 63 19:06:00 19:21:00 -/SR 3 4 100 16 20260 18001 6097190B.RSR 9.4 097 63 19:06:00 19:21:00 -/XL 2 4 100 16 20260 18001 6097190C.RSR 19.2 097 63 19:06:00 19:21:00 -/SL 1 4 100 16 20260 18001 6097190D.RSR 9.0 098 14 21:41:00 21:56:00 -/XR 4 4 100 16 20260 18001 6098214A.RSR 10.7 098 14 21:41:00 21:56:00 -/SR 3 4 100 16 20260 18001 6098214B.RSR 9.2 098 14 21:41:00 21:56:00 -/XL 6 4 100 16 20260 18001 6098214C.RSR 18.0 098 14 21:41:00 21:56:00 -/SL 5 4 100 16 20260 18001 6098214D.RSR 10.7 098 14 21:56:00 22:11:00 -/XR 4 4 100 16 20260 18001 6098215A.RSR 10.2 098 14 21:56:00 22:11:00 -/SR 3 4 100 16 20260 18001 6098215B.RSR 9.0 098 14 21:56:00 22:11:00 -/XL 6 4 100 16 20260 18001 6098215C.RSR 17.8 098 14 21:56:00 22:11:00 -/SL 5 4 100 16 20260 18001 6098215D.RSR 10.1 Although the plotting scale is poor, there is clearly a surface echo in X-LCP on both days; nothing visible on the other channels, but that is not surprising given the target and observing geometry. The 25 kHz data are mostly in hand, but there have been some data management problems in collecting and assembling it. With some luck, there will be a report on the 25 kHz quick-look results from at least one of these experiments tomorrow. The Arecibo S-Band data have been transferred to Stanford. We do not yet have software for introducing the Arecibo format into our processing stream, but Mike Nolan has kindly provided enough documentation that we should have something shortly. Phil Perillat has used Arecibo tools to do some quick-look processing at the Observatory; the results can be seen at http://www.naic.edu/~phil/usrproj/r2223/r2223.html. There is a numercally significant S-LCP echo. The surface signal in S-RCP needs to be interpreted with regard to cross-polarization effects in the ground antenna, which Mike says are on the order of 10 dB. That means S-RCP echo detection seems highly probable, but some of the observed power may be leaking in from S-LCP.