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What is the purpose of a subreflector in a dual reflector antenna?

  • A.To provide a second beam pointing in a different direction from the first
  • B.To protect the feed from weather and from direct solar heating at the focus
  • C.To fold the optical path so the feed can sit at the main dish vertex
  • D.To increase the total collecting area available beyond that of the main dish

Answer: C

The subreflector redirects the converging wave back towards the vertex, giving a long effective focal length in a short physical structure and putting the feed and receiver where they can be reached. It adds blockage of its own, which is the price. It does not add collecting area, does not create a second beam, and weather protection is a radome's job. Folding a path to place equipment conveniently is the same idea telescope makers adopted centuries earlier.

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