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Question 351

What is a beam antenna?

  1. An antenna built from square aluminum beams
  2. An omnidirectional antenna invented by Clarence Beam
  3. An antenna that concentrates signals in one directionCorrect answer
  4. An antenna that focuses the signal into two intense rays

Explanation

A beam antenna uses multiple elements whose fields add in one direction and largely cancel in others, concentrating the radiated energy into a main lobe. That gives gain in the favoured direction and reduces radiation elsewhere; it is a description of behaviour, not of construction material.

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Question 351: What is a beam antenna? · FCC Technician Class (Element 2) · Questena