11 Jan
2007
11 Jan
'07
3:31 a.m.
At 01:10 PM 1/11/2007, Howard Long wrote:
Having polarisation switching on LEOs in my opinion is worth several dB more than doubling your boom length or stacking.
Being a portable operator and having used polarisation rotation (the advantage of having the antenna in one's hand), I agree that the ability to compensate for polarisation shifts, whether by hand rotating a LP antenna, using CP antennas or switching between two orthogonal LP antennas is a huge advantage for working LEOs.
If I had a pair of linear yagis and did not want to go CP, I would mount them orthogonally and switch between them during the pass to avoid nulls.
Agreed.
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