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Jerry, can you post a photo on a webpage somewhere?

I think I get it... a single cross is like the driven elements of a
circularly polarized crossed yagi, the kind where you get the 90 degree
phasing by physical staggering of the elements.

Since it has no reflectors or directors, it's bidirectional. If you
cross two Crosses and feed them 90 degrees out of phase you get a
more-or-less omnidirectional azimuth pattern.

It is a pair of crossed dipoles fed as a turnstile.

I personally would probably still call it a Lindenblad, but maybe the
phasing is different on the Lindenblad.. I think they're phased the
same way, though.

Stick up a picture, if you can, or email to me... I'd like to see the
construction in case I'm missing something.

73,
Dan
N3OX


Hi Dan

The Lindenblad is quite alot different than the Cross. Perhaps my
objection to having the Cross being considered to be a version of the
Lindenblad is subjective. But, the two antennas are significantly
different from each other.

The Cross is not one particular antenna with exact dimensions. The
Cross is more a concept. When two Cross antennas are nested together, they
can be phased to provide sensitivity to circular polarized signals thruout
the hemisphere and have good sensitivity toward the horizon.

Jerry