[MLB-WIRELESS] horizontal vs vertical?

Jason Hecker jason at air.net.au
Sat May 18 17:05:35 EST 2002


Strictly speaking polarisation refers to the orientation of the E (electric) 
field of the signal.

So, essentially this means that in order to receive your maximum signal, you 
must have the antennas at the same polarisation.  If you mix polarisations 
reception will be very poor.

On Sat, 18 May 2002 16:05, KevinL wrote:
> Ok, here's something I know nothing about.  What's the story with
> horizontal polarization vs vertical?  Can things interoperate if they're
> differently polarized?  Is it something to worry about when setting up
> an access point, or setting up links between access points?



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