urn:nasa:pds:vg2-pra-sat:data-lowband-6sec:pra 1.0 1.25.0.0 Product_Observational 1997 This product contains high time resolution and low rate receiver band 6 second sweep data from the Radio Astronomy instrument on Voyager 2 from the Saturn encounter. The data are provided for 70 low band channels ranging from 1326.0 to 1.2 kHz and spaced 19.2 kHz apart. Columns SWEEP1 through SWEEP8 each contains 71 fields corresponding to one status word and 70 channel datas. Michael Louis Kaiser Goddard Space Flight Center https://ror.org/0171mag52 1 2026-03-31 1.0 Original PRA.TAB from the PDS3 VG2-S-PRA-3-RDR-LOWBAND-6SEC-V1.0 dataset, DATA directory, migrated to PDS4. 1981-08-24T00:00:47.000Z 1981-08-31T22:05:34.000Z Science Calibrated Magnetosphere Fields Electric Waves Magnetosphere Fields Magnetic Waves Voyager Mission urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.voyager data_to_investigation Voyager 2 Host urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.vg2 is_instrument_host Planetary Radio Astronomy Receiver Instrument urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.pra is_instrument Saturn Planet urn:nasa:pds:context:target:planet.saturn data_to_target Saturn Encounter 43941:22:791 44178:58:786 2 VG2-S-PRA-3-RDR-LOWBAND-6SEC-V1.0:PRA:PRA.TAB data_to_calibrated_source_product 10.17189/1520011 PDS Planetary Plasma Interactions Node The DOI provided references the PDS3 source data set. PRA.TAB 1996-06-01 31839408 13928 935ec4b83810df863afbc3138d7c60ab 0 13928 Carriage-Return Line-Feed 2 8 2286 DATE 1 1 ASCII_Integer 6 Spacecraft Event Time (SCET) at the start of the first sweep in year, month and day format (YYMMDD). SECOND 2 7 ASCII_Integer 6 Seconds of the day to the nearest second, at the start of the first sweep. In each sweep, the first data value in low band (1326.0 kHz) occurs some 3.9 seconds after this time. Subsequent data points are sampled at a lower frequency interval of 0.03 second. Only one time is given for the entire major frame, thus the start time of each sweep in the major frame is given by this time plus 6 times the sweep number minus 1 (i.e. 0 through 7). 71 1 0 13 284 SWEEP1 1 1 ASCII_Integer 4 MILLIBELL 71 4-byte integer data values. The first is a status word, the other 70 are low band channels 1326.0 to 1.2 kHz. For the status word the 12 least significant bits have used, although not all 12 have meaning for PRA low band. Numbering those bits 0 for least significant to 11 for most significant, the bits that have meaning are as follows: bit 0: 15 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 1: 30 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 2: 45 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 9,10 (together): polarization of first channel sampled (1326.0 kHz) according to the scheme: 9\10 0 1 0 R L 1 L R If the status word is zero, any data in that receiver sweep should be discarded. 0 71 1 0 297 284 SWEEP2 1 1 ASCII_Integer 4 MILLIBELL 71 4-byte integer data values. The first is a status word, the other 70 are low band channels 1326.0 to 1.2 kHz. For the status word the 12 least significant bits have used, although not all 12 have meaning for PRA low band. Numbering those bits 0 for least significant to 11 for most significant, the bits that have meaning are as follows: bit 0: 15 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 1: 30 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 2: 45 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 9,10 (together): polarization of first channel sampled (1326.0 kHz) according to the scheme: 9\10 0 1 0 R L 1 L R If the status word is zero, any data in that receiver sweep should be discarded. 0 71 1 0 581 284 SWEEP3 1 1 ASCII_Integer 4 MILLIBELL 71 4-byte integer data values. The first is a status word, the other 70 are low band channels 1326.0 to 1.2 kHz. For the status word the 12 least significant bits have used, although not all 12 have meaning for PRA low band. Numbering those bits 0 for least significant to 11 for most significant, the bits that have meaning are as follows: bit 0: 15 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 1: 30 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 2: 45 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 9,10 (together): polarization of first channel sampled (1326.0 kHz) according to the scheme: 9\10 0 1 0 R L 1 L R If the status word is zero, any data in that receiver sweep should be discarded. 0 71 1 0 865 284 SWEEP4 1 1 ASCII_Integer 4 MILLIBELL 71 4-byte integer data values. The first is a status word, the other 70 are low band channels 1326.0 to 1.2 kHz. For the status word the 12 least significant bits have used, although not all 12 have meaning for PRA low band. Numbering those bits 0 for least significant to 11 for most significant, the bits that have meaning are as follows: bit 0: 15 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 1: 30 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 2: 45 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 9,10 (together): polarization of first channel sampled (1326.0 kHz) according to the scheme: 9\10 0 1 0 R L 1 L R If the status word is zero, any data in that receiver sweep should be discarded. 0 71 1 0 1149 284 SWEEP5 1 1 ASCII_Integer 4 MILLIBELL 71 4-byte integer data values. The first is a status word, the other 70 are low band channels 1326.0 to 1.2 kHz. For the status word the 12 least significant bits have used, although not all 12 have meaning for PRA low band. Numbering those bits 0 for least significant to 11 for most significant, the bits that have meaning are as follows: bit 0: 15 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 1: 30 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 2: 45 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 9,10 (together): polarization of first channel sampled (1326.0 kHz) according to the scheme: 9\10 0 1 0 R L 1 L R If the status word is zero, any data in that receiver sweep should be discarded. 0 71 1 0 1433 284 SWEEP6 1 1 ASCII_Integer 4 MILLIBELL 71 4-byte integer data values. The first is a status word, the other 70 are low band channels 1326.0 to 1.2 kHz. For the status word the 12 least significant bits have used, although not all 12 have meaning for PRA low band. Numbering those bits 0 for least significant to 11 for most significant, the bits that have meaning are as follows: bit 0: 15 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 1: 30 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 2: 45 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 9,10 (together): polarization of first channel sampled (1326.0 kHz) according to the scheme: 9\10 0 1 0 R L 1 L R If the status word is zero, any data in that receiver sweep should be discarded. 0 71 1 0 1717 284 SWEEP7 1 1 ASCII_Integer 4 MILLIBELL 71 4-byte integer data values. The first is a status word, the other 70 are low band channels 1326.0 to 1.2 kHz. For the status word the 12 least significant bits have used, although not all 12 have meaning for PRA low band. Numbering those bits 0 for least significant to 11 for most significant, the bits that have meaning are as follows: bit 0: 15 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 1: 30 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 2: 45 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 9,10 (together): polarization of first channel sampled (1326.0 kHz) according to the scheme: 9\10 0 1 0 R L 1 L R If the status word is zero, any data in that receiver sweep should be discarded. 0 71 1 0 2001 284 SWEEP8 1 1 ASCII_Integer 4 MILLIBELL 71 4-byte integer data values. The first is a status word, the other 70 are low band channels 1326.0 to 1.2 kHz. For the status word the 12 least significant bits have used, although not all 12 have meaning for PRA low band. Numbering those bits 0 for least significant to 11 for most significant, the bits that have meaning are as follows: bit 0: 15 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 1: 30 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 2: 45 dB attenuator in use when equal to 1 9,10 (together): polarization of first channel sampled (1326.0 kHz) according to the scheme: 9\10 0 1 0 R L 1 L R If the status word is zero, any data in that receiver sweep should be discarded. 0