[Antennas] need help with HF mobile mag mount

Tue, 29 Oct 2002 23:55:41 -0500

   My books say: `After several reflections the original polarity
becomes irrelevant as the polarity has become randomized.'
Dig out the books for your self, there is no substitute.

>  I have always understood exactly what you said to be the case.
> I was just getting ready to dig out the books. Was scratching my head
> over it and not because my head was itching.

>> Dave, it seems to me that the cross-polarization loss issue is of
>> importance only when ground-wave and direct-wave propagation are
>> considered. After the first ionospheric contact, polarization tends to
>> become randomized for the remainder of the path, especially as subsequent
>> Earth and ionospheric contacts and transitions are involved.

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