Topband: circular polarization on 160m

[JC N4IS]

James

 

You brought a good article about HF propagation, however the behavor on 160m
is different  from HF. If you check on the KL7A arcticle figure 1 what is
happening between 1 and 2 MHz you can see that the green and red does not
behaivor the same way as above 2 MHz. 

 

This  subject is more complex because there us no shirt answer, actualy
between 1 and 2 MHz. the ionosphere does not support linear polariration
wave. The wave are actualy eliptical and not circular for most directions.

 

You can check the long answer on the "must read  book" from NM7M . R Brown
'The Big Gun's Guied to Low Band Propagation" . Magneto-iomic Theory pag 47
to 56 ; and Power coupling pag 57. 

 

Thanks to Karl. K9LA, the book is available on his also must read site on
the 160m link

 

http://k9la.us/html/160m.html

 

Regards

 

JC

N4IS