Monday, May 20, 2013

Left Hand Polarization cones and the 2-ERSA mount

Wouldnt you know it, as unlimited an antenna that the ERSA-1 is, almost all the ERSA's manufactured so far have been RHCP, right hand circularly polarized antennas, as referenced to the IEEE standard. Of course they work great and pick up all kinds of signals, still leading to the question, are we missing the "other half"? you know, the possibility of Left -hand polarized signals, especially from bounced sky waves, moon bounce, and space object radio generators. The answere, at this time, is probably, in theory anyway, I havent done enough work in LHCP experiments or listening, to know for sure. 
But I can make the technology available, and rely on your help for experimentation and answers  We all know the RHCP units receive all three or four wave types-circular, horizontal and vertical at lesser signal strength, and lots of slanted/mixed sky-waves.
The left-Hand polarized type is a little more dicey, a real question mark-and somebody needs to do some work on it! 
It stands to reason that if we want full signal strength from a given direction, we need both polarized antenna directions to get it.
And that leads to another brainstorm- how do we use 2 ERSA units at the same time, in the same direction, with any sort of accuracy?
Enter the new RDF table-top bi-pod shooter! It sits on a table, accepts 2 ERSA antenna tubes, and has provision for interdependent aiming ( pseudo tri-angulation) and x-y axis movmnet from a single pistol grip. and its made out of plastic , so it wont interfere with normal ERSA specs! will we post photos later, and listings on ETSY .

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