S. V. Ermolaev – Leading Engineer in Radio Communications, Radio Research and Development Institute (Moscow) E-mail: ermolaev@niir.ru

The paper considers the issue of calculating a nonaxisymmetric triple-reflector antenna with a spherical reflector, which transforms a spherical wavefront of the feeder into a flat wavefront reflected from the spherical reflector. The paper derives the necessary equations to calculate the reflector surfaces of the nonaxisymmetric triple-reflector antenna with the spherical reflector. It also gives an example of the calculation necessary for such antenna.

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