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How does a shaped dual reflector raise aperture efficiency above seventy per cent?

  • A.It reduces the random surface error by making both surfaces easier to machine
  • B.It allows a smaller feed horn to be used and so lowers the illumination taper
  • C.It redistributes power evenly across the aperture without increasing spillover
  • D.It removes the blockage caused by the subreflector and its supporting struts

Answer: C

Shaping both surfaces lets the illumination be made nearly uniform while the feed pattern still falls away at the rim, breaking the usual taper against spillover trade. That is why large earth station antennas are almost always shaped. Blockage remains and is dealt with by offset geometry, surface error is a manufacturing matter, and the feed size follows from the optics. Escaping a trade by changing the geometry rather than by choosing a point on it is the most satisfying kind of engineering answer.

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