Frank and Ward. . .an _excellent_ article!! Thanks. . . Dave, W0FLS
On 11/12/2021 9:32 AM, donovanf@erols.com wrote:
Hi Ron,
Intuition easily leads us off into the weeds when trying to use
it to understand antennas and especially their interaction with
their environment. On the other hand, easy to use antenna
models such as EZNEC go a long way to helping us understand
in detail how antennas interact with their environment.
N0AX and I wrote an article -- written in layman's terms -- that
explains how a Beverage antenna close to the ground:
- causes it to receive primarily vertically polarized waves
- causes it to perform extremely poorly when installed over
highly conductive soil.
www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This%20Month%20in%20QST/2021/11%20November%202021/Silver%20Donovan.pdf
Enjoy!
73
Frank
W3LPL
On 11/12/2021 6:26 AM, Ron Spencer via Topband wrote:
I recently read, from Tom, W8JI, that the beverage antenna is
vertically polarized. I'm hoping someone might explain this to me.
Intuitively seems it would be horizontal.
From here:http://w8ji.com/polarization_and_diversity.htm
Under Best diversity receive antennas.
Thanks
Ron
N4XD
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