| MR Beacon Parameters | |||
| Beacon Frequency | 437.1000 | MHz | |
| Beacon Wavelength | 0.686 | m | |
| Beacon Transmit Power | 1.3 | W | |
| MR Antenna Gain | 0.0 | dBi | |
| Effective Isotropic Rad Power | 1.30 | W | |
| 31.1 | dBm | ||
| Signal Polarization | RCP | ||
| Signal Modulation | CW or FM | ||
| FM Subcarriers | RC1 | 1484.06 | Hz |
| RC2 | 1137.78 | Hz | |
| RC3 | 1028.11 | Hz | |
| TC | 1376.34 | Hz | |
| Earth-Probe Distance | 5.4E+09 | m | |
| Total Received Carrier Flux | 3.57E-21 | W/m2 | |
| Earth Receiving Antenna | Stanford | Ham Site | |
| Antenna Diameter [m] | 46 | ||
| Antenna Gain [dBi] | 46.5 | 21.5 | |
| Half Power Beam Width [degrees] | 0.85 | 15.15 | |
| Antenna System Efficiency | 0.40 | 0.50 | |
| Antenna Effective Area [m2] | 664.8 | 2.6 | |
| System Temperature [K] | 60 | 100 | |
| Noise Spectral Density [dBm/Hz] | -180.8 | -178.6 | |
| Search Bandwidth [Hz] | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
| Coherence Loss | 0.37 | 0.95 | |
| Misc Loss | 0.95 | 0.95 | |
| Received Signal [dBm] | -150.8 | -170.7 | |
| CW Signal-to-Noise Ratio (linear) | 10070.3 | 6.2 | |
| CW Signal-to-Noise Ratio [dB] | 40.0 | 7.9 |
Last Update: 1996-11-19
Name: John L. Callas
Email: John.L.Callas@jpl.nasa.gov