Art wrote:
"O.K. you win Richard."

It isn`t a competition. It`s a discussion. Art is aware that the
electric field vector is at right angles to the magnetic field vector
and that both are at right angles with the direction of propagation.

When the receiver`s electric vector is aligned with the transmitter`s,
their magnetic vectors are in alignment too. Communications couldn`t be
better to the best of my knowledge. With circular or elliptical
polarization, we worry about right hand or left hand polarizations, but
I`m assuming linear polarizations. There is a wave tilt associated with
propagation along a lossy surface, but I`ll be darned if I can grasp
Art`s tilt factor.

Best regards, RRichard Harrison, KB5WZI