Which outcome occurs when a terrestrial radio telescope's reflector dish deviates from a perfect parabolic shape, operating near 1 GHz?

💡 Explanation

Signal distortion occurs because deviations disrupt the focal point, causing phase interference. The mechanism is Wavefront Aberration in the reflection, therefore the signal becomes blurred, rather than focusing; bandwidth and gain are unrelated.

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