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What is the effective aperture of an antenna?

  • A.The area of the ground plane beneath a monopole
  • B.The area over which the antenna current is uniform
  • C.The area which would collect the received power from the incident wave
  • D.The physical cross sectional area of the antenna structure

Answer: C

Effective aperture is the received power divided by the power density of the incident wave, so it is an area with the dimensions of square metres whether or not the antenna has any obvious physical opening. A half wave dipole has an effective aperture of about 0.13 square wavelengths despite being a thin wire. For a reflector it is the physical area multiplied by the aperture efficiency, typically fifty to seventy per cent.

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