Topband: Beverage polarization

[David Raymond]

Frank and Ward. . .an _excellent_ article!!    Thanks. . . Dave, W0FLS

On 11/12/2021 9:32 AM, donovanf at 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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