"Chris W" bravely wrote to "All" (26 Oct 05 12:07:11)
--- on the heady topic of "A few Helical Antenna question"

CW From: Chris W
CW Xref: core-easynews rec.radio.amateur.antenna:219311

CW I am reading the 19th edition of the ARRL Antenna Book. I am unclear
CW which polarization to use if I want 2 Helical antennas to talk to each
CW other. In the book it says, ". . . when two stations use helical
CW antennas over a non reflective path, both must use antennas with the
CW same polarization sense.." I find this could be interpreted in
CW different ways and is not clear at all. It seems logical to me that
CW if both antennas had the same polarization that when they faced each
CW other they two helices would be in opposite directions and that would
CW seem to be bad. Am I right?

"Same polarization sense" means with respect to the traveling
wavefront. When the transmitting antenna is nose to nose with the
receiving antenna, the combination will corkscrew in one sense only.

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