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What is the usual first check when a reflector antenna's gain is below specification?

  • A.The reflector surface accuracy measured panel by panel across the dish
  • B.The noise temperature of the low noise amplifier behind the feed horn
  • C.The polarisation setting of the feed relative to the incoming wave direction
  • D.Feed alignment and focus position

Answer: D

Misalignment is the commonest and cheapest fault to find, and a feed even slightly off focus or off axis costs gain and distorts the pattern. Surface measurement is a much larger undertaking and is done when alignment has been eliminated. Amplifier noise affects the signal to noise ratio rather than the gain, and polarisation error would show as a loss on one polarisation only. Working from the cheapest and likeliest cause outward is what distinguishes fault finding from part swapping.

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