I often see star friends discussing in forums whether the offset-fed antenna has better signal when it is installed upright or inverted. Here are some of my analyses. The strength of the signal collected by the high-frequency head is proportional to the area of the antenna, or more precisely, proportional to the cross-sectional area of the beam reaching the dish surface. Theoretically, when the dish surface is perpendicular to the incident beam, the dish surface intercepts the most signals. At this time, the high-frequency head is in the middle position above (or in front of) the dish surface, which is a bit like a forward-fed antenna. In the case of one dish and one satellite, the inverted position is actually an axially symmetrical figure with the incident signal as the axis of the upright position, so the two methods intercept the same number of beams, which is easier to understand by looking at the picture. The impact of upright and inverted offset-fed antennas on reception When one dish has two satellites, if the upright and inverted main focus is the same satellite, the reception conditions of the secondary focus will be different. Take the example of a 60cm offset-fed antenna receiving 138+122: 138 is the main focus. As mentioned earlier, upright or inverted mounting has no effect on the main focus. The elevation angle of 122 is higher than that of 138. When the antenna is upright, the 122 beam deviates from the vertical line of the dish surface, so the cross-sectional area of the 122 beam reaching the dish surface is relatively reduced. When it is inverted, the 122 beam is close to the vertical line of the dish surface, and the cross-sectional area of the 122 beam reaching the dish surface becomes larger accordingly. Since more signals can be received, the saying that \"inverted mounting can enhance the signal\" makes sense in this case. In another case, when receiving 138+146 at the same time, 138 is still used as the main focus. For the same reasons mentioned above, upright mounting can achieve better satellite reception results.
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