[Hallicrafters] Question

[Glen Zook]

When circular polarization is used with either a horizontally polarized or a vertically polarized antenna the "loss" is generally around 3 dB.  However, for vertical to horizontal (on a "line of sight path") there is generally at least 20 dB loss and that can be even more.

Glen, K9STH

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--- On Sat, 2/14/09, Dan Cotsirilos K9DTC <k9dtc at comcast.net> wrote:

Gigiparts had the following question today for their sweepstakes drawing. The question and their correct answer (3 db) are both bogus to me. First the amount of loss depends on freq and second no matter what freq the loss is more than 3 db?

What loss can you automatically assume when working between a vertical and a horizontal polarized antenna?

5 DB
3 DB
8 DB
1 DB