--- In [email protected], "Gary Schafer" <gascha...@...> wrote: > You can not transmit both horizontal and vertical polarization at the same > time. Feeding a horizontal antenna and a vertical in phase will give 45 > degree polarization. For simultaneous vertical and horizontal the antennas > must be fed as circular.
Years ago before CP antennas were commonly available, FM stations would feed two separate antennas on the tower. One was H, the other V. Was that then 45 degree polarization?? > TV has no need to transmit anything other than horizontal polarization as > most TV reception is done with a horizontal antenna. The local channel 8 analog station here had a CP antenna. To get their 316KW horizontal ERP they put 77KW up the coax from a many-yards-long Larcan transmitter. They had a whopper signal around here and it was very easy to get a great picture even with rabbit ears. I know that their excellent signal wasn't just because of CP, but it had to help. I wonder what their reasons were to go CP? Laryn K8TVZ
