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What contributes to the noise temperature of a receiving antenna?

  • A.The transmitted power reflected back from a mismatched load
  • B.The sky, the ground and any losses in the antenna itself
  • C.Only the thermal noise of the receiver front end
  • D.Only the physical temperature of the antenna structure

Answer: B

Antenna noise temperature sums the brightness temperature of everything the pattern sees, sky through the main beam and warm ground through the side lobes and spillover, together with the contribution of ohmic loss in the structure. This is why a satellite dish pointed low at the horizon performs worse than one pointed high, and why side lobe control matters in radio astronomy. Receiver noise is added separately in the system noise temperature.

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