[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 S-Band antenna polarization

[Miguel A. Vallejo]

jmfranke wrote:
> Does anyone know the polarization of the 2.4 GHz transmissions from AO-51.
> Are they circular?  If so which polarity, RHCP or LHCP?  Are they linear?

Last Sunday I tried to receive the 2.4GHz downlink with a linear 
polarized wifi patch and signals seem to be linear polarized. I was all 
the pass rotating the antenna to get the better signal. Most of time 
signal was almost horizontally polarized.

73 de EA4EOZ