Hard horns improve cluster feeds of satellite antennas

14 April 1988

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 24 (8) , 491-492
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19880333

Abstract

A major problem in many contoured-beam satellite antennas is that nearly half the power radiated by the cluster feed is lost as spillover into space. This spillover may be reduced considerably by using hard horns as cluster elements.

Keywords

SATELLITE ANTENNAS
CONTOURED-BEAM
SPILLOVER PREVENTION
CLUSTER FEEDS
HARD HORNS
MICROWAVE ANTENNAS

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