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Why are dish antennas curved?

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(i) Dish antenna is curved so as to receive parallel signal rays coming from sane direction. (ii) These parallel signal rays reflect from parabolic dish, and gathered at main antenna part, this increases directivity of antenna and gives sufficient amplitude signal.
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