[Lowfer] Loop antenna question

[mikea]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:29:47AM -0400, John Bruce McCreath wrote:
> Hello Lowfers,
> 
> A square, full wave loop with the bottom side parallel to the ground, if fed in the middle of the bottom will radiate
> a horizontally polarized signal.  If the same antenna is fed in the middle of either side it will radiate a vertically
> polarized signal.  If fed at a bottom corner is it reasonable to assume that it would radiate a signal with both
> horizontal and vertical polarization?

I suspect the polarization would be intermediate between vertical and
horizontal, but still linear polarization. I could be wrong. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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