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Old August 11th 09, 04:33 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
JIMMIE JIMMIE is offline
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Default Circular versus linear polarization

On Aug 10, 12:24*am, Art Unwin wrote:
The majority of antennas used today are (commercial) circularly
polarized
Ham antennas remain in the linear domain (ala the Yagi and similar)
There are many reasons espoused in CP advantages in "point to point"
What is the main advantage hams hold over the more popular circular
polarized antennas in its "skip" type useage versus "point to point" ?


Where did you get the info that most commercial antenna use is
circular polarity?

Jimmie