I can't explain it but have noticed the same polarity changes during a pass. Like S-9 to S-1/nothing switching between polarities with my antennas... it's been handy to actually have the ability to change polarities in the past for me. I do not have the ability to polarity switch on 2 meters, only 70 cM for the downlink.
73,
Bob W1ICW
On 8/4/2012 3:13 PM, Thomas Doyle wrote:
Andy,
I believe that is true but that does not explain why the optimum polarity setting on the receive end would change during a pass. Perhaps there is some sort of Faraday Rotation effect but I do not believe that it can change the direction of the circular polarized signal but who knows what magic things happen in the ether.
tnx & 73 W9KE Tom Doyle
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 12:44 PM, andrew abken kn6za@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Tom,
I thought fo-29 was transmitting circular. Would not surprise me if I was wrong:)Andy, kn6za
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