[TenTec] OT: K9YC on Vertical or Horizontal / Heights

[Kim Elmore]

Arggghh! I despise "auto-wrong!" Meant *circular polarization.* Linearly polarized radiation becomes circular after reflection from the ionosphere due to Earth's magnetic field. 

I dunno what cochlear polarization is, either. 

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Nov 23, 2014, at 16:26, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun,11/23/2014 3:14 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>> If you could phase these so as to generate and receive cochlear polarization (90 deg), either LH or RH, you might see a very big increase (I think as much as 6 dB) in rx signal strength from what I've read. That would be pretty cool.
> 
> I've never heard of cochlear polarization. These dipoles are horizontal, at right angles in the horizontal plane. Driving both of them with a suitable phasing network would result in a circular pattern, at the expense of 3dB of gain. Far better switch them and keep the 3 dB.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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