Chris Thompson said (in part):
I don't think it is worthwhile setting up the ability to switch from LHCP to RHCP or vice versa if the spacecraft has linear antennae, because the difference is only 3dB, but others may disagree.
Don't take what I typed too literally. There will clearly be a difference and I agree that the atmosphere does all sorts of funny stuff. Experimentation is the fun part of what we do :)
Chris
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Jim Walls jim@k6ccc.org wrote:
Chris, Add one more to disagree with you. I have crossed yagis on 2M and 430 that are used for both terrestrial and satellite. I can switch between polarities and sometimes it makes little difference, but on some passes, the difference is quite pronounced. When trying to dig out a really weak signal, even a few dB is quite helpful.
Jim - K6CCC Satellite inactive at the moment...
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