Microwave antenna systems with multiple waveguide segments

A method of providing a microwave antenna assembly, the method comprising:

• providing a waveguide arrangeable between a microwave antenna and radio equipment configured to provide signals to the microwave antenna, the waveguide comprising first waveguide component and a second waveguide component with a forced first gap therebetween, the forced first gap having a spanning distance,
• wherein the spanning distance of the forced first gap is selected to reduce a size of a second gap between the second waveguide component and the radio equipment, the second gap resulting in part from tolerances within a microwave antenna assembly.

A method comprising:

• providing a plurality of waveguide components that form a waveguide between an antenna and radio equipment, each waveguide component having a tolerance associated therewith, the tolerances summing to a total tolerance stack;
• and
• forcing, via a mechanical connection, a gap between first and second waveguide components of the plurality of waveguide components, wherein a location and a spanning distance of the gap are selected to divide the total tolerance stack into a first tolerance stack and a second tolerance stack.