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Actually Robb, the Y quad or V quad will receive just as well when using BOTH polarities as it will on one or the other polarities at a time if the incoming signal is comprised of a single polarity as it generally is when working local stations. It is different on TX because you are feeding two antennas at the same time. The 3 dB loss I mentioned comes about because at no time can a transmitted signal ever be more than 45 degrees off on the receiving end and that equates to a 3 dB loss. As I stated, the biggest advantage is when the path between the two station causes the signal polarity to shift or rotate constantly which normally results in fading but using both polarities at the same time pretty much eliminates this fading problem. The most the signal will generally fade is 3 dB as opposed to more than 25 dB when using a single polarity.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 303747, member: 39"] Actually Robb, the Y quad or V quad will receive just as well when using BOTH polarities as it will on one or the other polarities at a time if the incoming signal is comprised of a single polarity as it generally is when working local stations. It is different on TX because you are feeding two antennas at the same time. The 3 dB loss I mentioned comes about because at no time can a transmitted signal ever be more than 45 degrees off on the receiving end and that equates to a 3 dB loss. As I stated, the biggest advantage is when the path between the two station causes the signal polarity to shift or rotate constantly which normally results in fading but using both polarities at the same time pretty much eliminates this fading problem. The most the signal will generally fade is 3 dB as opposed to more than 25 dB when using a single polarity. [/QUOTE]

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