Hello,

a. Anyone have any idea if a receiving Disconne type of antenna is
Polarized horiz. or vert. ?

b. Same question for a Scantenna ?

c. On VHF and UHF scanner freq's, are the (typically vertical, I believe ?)
transmitted polarizations from Fire and PD transmitters usually maintained
over distances of, e.g., 10 miles or so ? Or does "bounce", etc., tend to
totally de-polarize them ?

d. If a receiving signal is well polarized in one direction, say
vertically, how much loss would one expect if the receiving antenna is
oriented such that its preferred olarization is horiz. ?

e.g., for a rubber-duckie scanner antenna ?

Thanks,
Bob