Technician · FCC ELEMENT 2

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Technician · FCC Element 2 · answer reveals automatically

Which of the following results from the fact that signals propagated by the ionosphere are elliptically polarized?

AnswerEither vertically or horizontally polarized antennas may be used for transmission or reception

Ionospheric propagation can change a signal into elliptical polarization, so the arriving wave is not purely vertical or horizontal. Either antenna orientation can therefore receive some of the signal.