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I. INTRODUCTION
L ARGE
PA4RABOLIC-REFLECTOR antennas
are beingusedinrapidlyincreasingnumbers,
particularly at microwave frequencies.
advent of communications via earth satellites, as well
The
dftl
0 31.3 ( R I M )
X 25.7
A 20.4
3 15.2
i
given by
A
E = - -
sin a
Fig. 4-Surface deviation of CAL 60-ft dish relative to focal point of design paraboloid.
where Ii is the power density with which the feed il- where c is the standard deviation of the Gaussian dis-
luminates the disha t angle a relative to the axialpower tribution. Substitution of (12) into (11) gives
density, and y i is equal to
yi = d sin a.
Using this factor, the weighted rms deviation is now
(8)
E
Eo =
- s-,
+-
= exp [ (-33
-2 r r 2