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Old March 24th 06, 10:16 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Howard W3CQH
 
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Thanks Tom for the information.

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Howard W3CQH wrote:
Hi - Steve,
Yes - that is correct.
If the quad is a diamond shape for example, you could feed it either from
the bottom "V" or the side "V". What is the polarity at each feed point?
Also - if the antenna is a square, you can feed it from the middle of the
bottom or the middle of the side: again what is the polarity vs. the feed
point?


Howard,

The polarization of a quad fed at the bottom of a diamond is
horizontal.

The polarization of a quad fed on the point of the side is vertical.

The polarity of the feedpoint changes 14,000,000 times if you excite it
on 14MHz for one second no matter where it is fed, but the polarization
only changes when you move the feedpoint to a new location. :-)

That's a nice feature of a quad. By changing feedpoint loaction you can
change polarization.

73 Tom