parabolic antenna

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parabolic
adjective
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/ˌpær.əˈbɒl.ɪk/us
/ˌper.əˈbɑː.lɪk/
having a type of curve like that made by an object that is thrown up in the air and falls to the ground in a ...
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antenna
noun
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/ænˈten.ə/us
/ænˈten.ə/
either of a pair of long, thin organs that are found on the heads of insects and crustaceans (= animals with hard outer shells) and are used to ...
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In 1979 came the first bigparabolicantenna.
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A 12-metreparabolicantennawas used to receive and transmit information to geostationary satellites, which served as the forerunners to modern telecommunication satellites.
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This required the installation of a largeparabolicantennato receive the signals.
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He also built the firstparabolicantenna, using a zinc gutter sheet.
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They began to go out of fashion at the end of the 1960s, when types ofparabolicantennawith an improved performance became available.
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A 116.8 cm diameter high-gainparabolicantennawas mounted at the top of the frame as well.
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The main advantage of aparabolicantennais that it has high directivity.
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In addition, a 30-foot, gyro-stabilized, computer-oriented, triaxial,parabolicantennawas installed on her afterdeck.
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A two-axis steerable high-gainparabolicantennawas mounted on a boom near one edge of the lander base.
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The radar uses an open frame truncatedparabolicantennawith a stacked antenna feed.
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The radiation pattern of a rotating truncatedparabolicantennafor radar fixed pedestal has a fan shaped beam with a vertical gap in coverage.
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The satellites carried aparabolicantenna, around 1 meter in diameter, that is associated with this equipment.
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All used a single antenna accomplishing both transmission and reception; the antenna was a large open-frame truncatedparabolicantenna, the antenna included a heated de-icing system for extreme conditions.
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This system included aparabolicantennasix feet in diameter that was mechanically aimed in a helical pattern (round and round as well as up and down).
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Large parabolic antennas can produce very narrow beams of a few degrees or less, and often must be aimed with the aid of a boresight.
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They were equipped with powerful on-board transponders, so the size of receiving parabolic antennas of downlink stations was reduced to 4 and 2.5 metres.
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For example, large parabolic antennas ranging from 3 to 100 meters in diameter are necessary to pass on signals to television satellites and space vehicles.
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This applies also for other waves, hence parabolic antennas.
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Spoiled parabolic antennas produce a narrow beam in one dimension and a relatively wide beam in the other.
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Parabolic antennas have some of the highest gains, that is, they can produce the narrowest beamwidths, of any antenna type.
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