Re: NEC-LIST: CIRCULAR POLARISATION

Roland,

Regarding the use of an LHCP/RHCP combination, I agree completely. The
polarization loss for a typical pair of RCHP/LHCP antennas could easily
exceed 16 dB.

- Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "rsmueller" <rsmueller_at_netzero.net>
To: "Michael Pender" <michael.pender_at_nanochron.com>; "zvi frank"
<zvi_f_at_mti-group.co.il>; <nec-list_at_gweep.ca>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: NEC-LIST: CIRCULAR POLARISATION

> Michael and Zvi,
> Michael makes a good point about our careless use of the wording of
> "required". However, the original question was whether a LHCP or RHCP
> antenna should be used to receive an RHCP incoming signal. I wouldn't
> recommend using a LHCP antenna to receive RHCP signal because you'll end
up
> with a large polararization mismatch loss, much greater than the 3 dB.
> Regards,
> Roland
...snip...

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