What is the horizontal angle which the radiating lobe of the antenna faces in angular degrees?

• A. Azimuth
• B. Elevation
• C. Bearing
• D. Pitch

Answer: (A)

In antenna terminology, the direction the beam points in the horizontal plane is described by azimuth. Azimuth is the angle in the horizontal plane, measured in degrees from a reference direction (usually true north) and increasing clockwise. So the horizontal direction the radiating lobe faces is its azimuth, expressed in angular degrees.

Elevation, by contrast, is the vertical angle—how high the beam is above the horizon. Pitch refers to rotation about the antenna’s axis, not the compass direction the beam faces. Bearing is a directional term similar to azimuth in navigation, but the standard term used for the horizontal orientation of an antenna beam is azimuth.