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High Performance or Shrouded Antenna

A shrouded parabolic antenna has three main components: 1. A shroud that reduces sidelobe radiation by up to 12dB and is lined with absorber material. 2. Absorber material further decreases sidelobes and backlobes. 3. A radome protects the antenna from weather and wind loading on the shroud, and is usually made from nylon or Teflon-coated fiberglass.

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High Performance or Shrouded Antenna

A shrouded parabolic antenna has three main components: 1. A shroud that reduces sidelobe radiation by up to 12dB and is lined with absorber material. 2. Absorber material further decreases sidelobes and backlobes. 3. A radome protects the antenna from weather and wind loading on the shroud, and is usually made from nylon or Teflon-coated fiberglass.

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JACINTO, John Joven A.

High Performance or Shrouded Antenna

The term high performance with regard to a parabolic antenna refers to an antenna that has been purpose-built to suppress the sidelobes to a much higher degree than a standard antenna of equal size.
Parabolic antenna

Radome

Shroud

Components 1. Shroud - added to a parabolic microwave antenna to reduce the sidelobe level being radiated. - they appear to look like drums or a tunnel that has a diameter about the same as the parabolic antenna and is bolted on to the surface. 2. Absorber Material - the shroud is lined with flat absorber material to enhance pattern performance. - Absorber material can be utilized for a number of applications: o reducing reflections in anechoic chambers o reducing the radar cross section of objects o shielding improvement of enclosure and for improving microwave antenna patterns. - Absorber material is generally manufactured from a carbon loaded foam material. - By lining the inside of the shroud with absorber material, side lobe and back lobe radiation can be dramatically decreased. - Typical reduction in back lobe radiation can be on the order of 12dB.

3. Radome - Purpose: o to protect the inside of the antenna from the elements. o to reduce what would otherwise be significant wind loading on the antenna due to the shroud catching wind if not for the radome. - generally made from either nylon or Teflon coated fiberglass. - (Manufacturers normally ship nylon radomes with the antenna and the customer can upgrade for an extra charge to a Teflon radome. ) - The standard nylon radomes are suitable for lower frequencies and areas with minimal rain rates. - At higher microwave frequencies (10 GHz and above) rain can sheet on a nylon radome and cause significant attenuation of the signal level. In heavy rain situations values of 15 dB or more attenuation have been reported with nylon radomes. At a rain rate of 10mm/hr sever dB of attenuation at 10 GHz has been observed with materials that do not exhibit good levels of hydrophobicity. - By using Teflon or other specialized coatings that provide a high contact angle between the surface and water droplets on the radome, a hydrophobic surface is provided that prevents water from filming on the radome. Disadvantages In reference to a regular parabolic antenna it is;  bulkier  heavier  more expensive

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