Isotropic Antenna Pattern

Ideal spherical pattern antenna with constant gain.

This antenna uses a polar coordinate system.

Field	Description
Design Frequency	This is the frequency of the antenna. The antenna design frequency is independent of the operational frequency of a transmitter, receiver, or radar. Changing the frequency of a transmitter, receiver, or radar does not update an embedded antenna's design frequency, nor vice versa. The design frequency is solely used at antenna configuration time to compute the antenna size from its max gain or beamwidth settings. A mismatch between signal frequency and antenna design frequency typically causes performance degradation.
Main-lobe Gain	The constant gain of the antenna gain pattern.
Efficiency	Specifies the efficiency factor of the dish, varying from 0 to 100 percent.

Field

Description

Design Frequency

This is the frequency of the antenna. The antenna design frequency is independent of the operational frequency of a transmitter, receiver, or radar. Changing the frequency of a transmitter, receiver, or radar does not update an embedded antenna's design frequency, nor vice versa. The design frequency is solely used at antenna configuration time to compute the antenna size from its max gain or beamwidth settings. A mismatch between signal frequency and antenna design frequency typically causes performance degradation.

Main-lobe Gain

The constant gain of the antenna gain pattern.

Efficiency

Specifies the efficiency factor of the dish, varying from 0 to 100 percent.