Dear All- Suppose I have a circularly polarized receive antenna immersed in a circularly polarized EM field of x watts per square meter. At the antenna terminals, I receive y watts of power.
Now suppose I put that same antenna in a linearly polarized field of x watts per square meter, coming from the same direction. If I understand things right, at the antenna terminals, I should receive y/2 watts. Do I have this right? Assume all nominal conditions, i.e., rotation of circularly polarized field matches the antenna properly, all measurements in far field, the antenna is oriented for maximum signal, etc. Don Borowski Schweitzer Engineering Labs Pullman, WA This e-mail may contain SEL confidential or legally privileged information. The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of SEL. Any unauthorized disclosure, distribution or other use is prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender, permanently delete it, and destroy any printed copies. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
