Antennas

CH-10 Conical Horn	Antenna with Dual Beam Feed

AFC is a world leader in the design and manufacture of high surface accuracy terrestrial and satellite communications antennas. Pertaining its terrestrial microwave point-to-point conical horn antenna product line after the highly successful Telstar horn developed by Bell Laboratories, AFC pioneered a complete line of highly precise, dimensionally stable composite fiberglass antennas in various sizes for frequency coverage through 40 Ghz. This technology has also been applied to AFC's line of parabolic dish antennas. Parabolic antennas come with various Az/El, polar, hand-crank or motorized pedestals. Antenna options include cored ultra light reflectors, offset, embedded wire anti-ice or transportable systems and feeds for GOES, Intelsat, Receive/Transmit, Receive Only, Multi-satellite, International or FCC specified applications. Satellite antenna sizes and models are found in the table. Specific information on AFC's line of high wind fixed pointing satellite dish antennas may be found in 2.4 to 7 Meter Satellite Az/El Mount Antennas. For general broadcasting and cable television satellite reception, AFC's Galaxy series 3.7 meter satellite dish antenna provides an easy to install economic solution. "Competing Antenna Requirements for Dual-Band Satellites", reprinted from the March 1994 CED magazine, takes a look at the four alternative antenna configurations which dominate earth stations for dual C/Ku-band satellites.

And in high terrestrial interference areas, where satellite dish antennas fail to work, AFC offers the CH-14, the world largest commercial conical horn. The CH-14 horn exhibits very sharp spatial selectivity, grabbing signals from a specific pointing direction and rejecting others. Today, AFC offers a line of totally unique terrestrial and satellite communications antennas designed for the highest levels of performance, extreme durability and low delivery and maintenance costs.