RADIO ASTRONOMY AND MOONBOUNCE COMMUNICATIONS
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1. Real-time project progress reports for: "project to build a ground-level AZ/EL mount for a 28' diameter Kennedy parabolic dish antenna"
Volume_I (25MB), Foreword, Introduction, Initial Design Concepts, Modifications of the Original AZ Mount, Site Preparations and Installation of the Mount, AZ Mount Concrete Work, Circular Rail and Support Post Design, Proof of Principle Demonstration, Controlled Bending of a Rail Section, Fabricating Rail Support Plate, Fabricating Rail Support Posts, Center AZ Mount Tilt Measurments
Volume_II (40MB), Rail Support Concrete Work, Rail Fabrication, Rail Coupling Fabrication, Rail Coupling Installation, Final Coupling Installation
Volume_III (32MB), Rotating Base Structure, Full Square Fabrication, Truncated Square Fabrication, Spoke Design, Fabrication, and Installation, Adjusting Wheels and Rails for Best Rail-Tracking Performance
Volume_IV (24 MB), Lift Tripod Design, Installation of a Utility Lifting Beam, Fabrication of a Lift Tripod, Anatomy of a High Strength Weld, Installing a Lift Tripod
Volume_V (36 MB), Assembling the Kennedy Dish, Installing Electric Winches for Elevation Motion, Fabricating Winch Mount Assemblies, Initial Test Lift of the Dish, Dish Pre-rotation Test Lift #2
Volume_VI (43 MB), Dish Back Frame Design, Back Frame to Trolley Coupling, Coupling Bearing Axel Detail, Rotating Adapter Couplings - Completed, Dish Back Frame Final Design, Rotating the Dish, Installing Dish Back Frame, Estimating Angular Elevation Ranges
Volume_VII (18 MB), Exploring an Option For Elevation Angle Maintenance Mode, Repair/Refurbishment and Installation of Feed Horn Supports, Second Repair of the Support Beam End, Adding a Feed Horn, Conclusion
3. Real-time project progress reports for: "project to build an 8.4GHz radio telescope"