[TowerTalk] Horizontal + Vertical Polarization Question

[Jim Lux]

Fascinating question in it's implications.
If the atmospheric noise (which, particularly at night, might not be the
dominant source) were uniformly distributed (source direction/polarization)
then the effect would be solely that on the desired signal.  However, I'll
bet that the noise is NOT evenly distributed either in angle of arrival or
polarization, so both the SNR and received signal strength might vary.



> >
> > Did the signal to noise ratio change, or just overall signal strength?
> >
> > --
> > Bill, W6WRT
>
> Good question.
>
> The signal to noise ratio on the inverted vee
> was sometimes the same as the vertical and other
> times was better.  The vertical was never the
> better receive antenna.  In the past, a 40 meter
> inverted vee used on 80 & 160 as a receiving antenna was nearly
> always better than the vertical.  I don't know
> if the 80 meter vee is a worse receiving antenna
> or it was just conditions last night.  It wouldn't
> surprise me if it was a worse receiving antenna
> because it tends to have more vertical polarization
> component since the ends are near the ground.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
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