Abstract

This chapter reviews the design and operation of user antennas for satellite communications ‐ for fixed, mobile, and broadcast services. This review includes simple dipole antennas, progresses to Yagi-Uda antennas, and then on to high-gain parabolic reflector antennas that are the most commonly used in satellite communications systems. The trade-off between antenna gain and beamwidth is explored in detail. The key differences in the design process for

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