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Question - Is the polarity of the antenna based on the feed point?

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"Howard W3CQH" wrote in message
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Question - Is the polarity of the antenna based on the feed point?

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Yes

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"Howard W3CQH" wrote in message
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Question - Is the polarity of the antenna based on the feed point?

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Yes -- see URL:
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Yes!

Feeding at the "bottom" makes it horizontal and the "side" vertical.
There is obviously some response in the other polarity (more than a
yagi?) but I havent researched this. The square can also be a
rectangle... (Beware of feedpoint Z changes)

You can also feed the in quadrature on two adjacent corners for circular..

Cheers Bob VK2YQA

Howard W3CQH wrote:
Question - Is the polarity of the antenna based on the feed point?

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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?

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"Steve Nosko" wrote in message
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Howard,
If you mean the polarization (horizontal vs. vertical), yes.
73, Steve, K9DCI


"Howard W3CQH" wrote in message
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Question - Is the polarity of the antenna based on the feed point?

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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

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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